Chai Hu Gui Zhi Gan Jiang Tang

Ingredients

Gan Jiang

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Gan Jiang

Gan Cao

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Gan Cao

Gui Zhi

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Gui Zhi

Huang Qin

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Huang Qin

Mu Li

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Mu Li

Tian Hua Fen

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Tian Hua Fen

Chai Hu

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Chai Hu

Dosages:

1. : Chai Hu (15g)
2. : Huang Qin (9g)
3. : Tian Hua Fen ( 12g)
4. : Gui Zhi ( 12g)
5. : Gan Jiang (6g)
6. : Mu Li (20g)
7. : Zhi Gan Cao (3g)

Actions:

Indications:

A feeling of fullness and clumping in the chest and hypochondrium, dysuria, thirst, absence of vomiting, perspiration of the head, alternating spells of chills and fever, and irritability.

Pattern:

Shaoyang Disorder With Water Accumulation In The Interior

Tongue:

Pulse:

Abdomen:

Notes:

Modifications

1. Difficulty with urination, add Fu Ling, Che Qian Zi.
2. With neck stiffness, add Ge Gen and Bai Shao.
3. For anuria, add Wu Zhu Yu and Fu Ling.
4. Headache and perspiration of the head, add Chuan Xiong and Bai Zhi.
5. Peritoneal tuberculosis, add Bie Jia and Bai Shao.
6. Fever associated with tuberculosis, add Huang Qi and Bie Jia.

Preparation:

Source Text - Cook the herbs in 12 cups of water until the liquid is reduced to 6 cups. Discard the residue, and cook the strained decoction again until it is reduced to 3 cups. Take 1 cup of the warm decoction three times daily.

Modern Text - Prepared as a decoction.