Names Of Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang Wan

Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang Wan TCM Herbal Formula
- English Name: Bupleurum and Cinnamon Twig Decoction
- Pinyin Name: Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang Wan
- Alternate Names: Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang, Cai Hu Gui Zhi Tang, Tsai Hu Kuei Chih Tang, Bupleurum and Cinnamon Combination
- Chinese Character: 柴胡桂枝湯
How Is Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang Wan Categorized?
Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang Wan Functional Groupings
- Primary Category: Release the Exterior
- Subcategory: Release Exterior Cold
There Are 11 Formulas In Our Release the Exterior Category
How Is Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang Wan Used Clinically?
Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang Wan Usages and Indications
- A combination of gui zhi tang and xiao chai hu tang - together they work with both taiyang and shaoyang syndromes - common colds and flu, fever, chills, joint pain, nausea, abdominal/epigastric distention. Neuralgias from wind invasions - trigeminal neuralgia, frozen shoulder, etc.
- With the right underlying factors also useful for a range of middle jiao issues such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, cholecystitis, gastric ulcers, pancreatitis, appendicitis.
- Epilepsy.
Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang Wan

Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang Wan Related Conditions and Patterns
CirrhosisCommon ColdEpilepsy (Seizure)FeverFluHepatitis (B or C)JaundiceShoulder PainTrigeminal Neuralgia
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Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Cold
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Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang Wan Has 9Ingredients
Chai Hu
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Thorowax Root, Bupleurum
Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Heat category
Usages
- Clears shao yang disorders and reduces fever - alternating chills and fever, bitter taste in the mouth, irritability, vomiting, stifling sensation in the chest.
- Relieves liver qi stagnation (often used with Bai Shao) - vertigo, menstrual disorders, chest and flank pain, the most common herb to treat stress, irritability, depression, etc.; also for liver and spleen disharmony - bloating, nausea, indigestion, flank pain.
- Raises yang qi in spleen and stomach deficiency patterns (often used with Sheng Ma) - prolapsed organ, diarrhea, hemorrhoids.
This formula has cautions, see details
Huang Qin
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Baical Skullcap Root, Scutellaria
Appears in the Herbs That Clear Heat and Dry Dampness category
Usages
- Clears heat, drains fire, especially from the upper warmer - heat patterns with fever, irritability, thirst, cough, thick, yellow sputum, hot sores and swellings.
- Clears heat, dries dampness - damp-heat in the stomach or intestines, diarrhea, dysentery; damp warm-febrile disease with fever, stifling sensation in the chest, thirst with no desire to drink; damp-heat in the lower jiao - lin syndrome; damp-heat jaundice.
- Clears heat, stops bleeding - vomiting and/or coughing of blood, nosebleed, blood in the stool.
- Clears heat, calms the fetus - restless fetus due to heat.
- Sedates liver yang rising - headache, irritability, red eyes, bitter taste, flushed face.
Ren Shen
Ginseng Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category
Usages
- Strongly tonify yuan qi - extreme collapse of qi, shortness of breath, cold limbs, profuse sweating, weak pulse (often used alone for this condition after severe blood loss).
- Tonify lung qi - wheezing, shortness of breath, w/kidneys failing to grasp the qi.
- Strengthen the middle warmer - lethargy, no appetite, chronic diarrhea, prolapse of organs, distended chest/abdomen.
- Generates fluids, stops thirst - xiao ke, damaged fluid due to high dever and profuse sweating.
- Benefits heart qi, calms the spirit - palpitations, anxiety, insomnia, poor memory, restlessness due to qi and/or blood deficiency.
This formula has cautions, see details
Ban Xia
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Pinellia Rhizome
Appears in the Herbs That Transform Phlegm Cold category
Usages
- Dries dampness, transforms cold-phlegm, descends rebellious qi - cough with copious sputum especially due to dampness of spleen.
- Harmonizes stomach, stops vomiting due to lingering phlegm-dampness in the stomach.
- Dissipates nodules, reduces distension - phlegm in chest or neck or anywhere in the body, focal distention in the chest.
This formula has cautions, see details
Gui Zhi
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Cinnamon Twig
Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category
Usages
- Releases muscle layer and adjusts ying and wei qi levels
- Useful in wind-cold-damp bi syndromes to warm channels and disperse cold
- Resolves blood stagnation particularly from cold - dysmenorrhea
- Unblocks yang qi in the chest - shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations
- Resolve edema and accumulation of cold phlegm
This formula has cautions, see details
Bai Shao
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White Peony Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category
Usages
- Nourishes the blood and regulates menstrual problems due to blood deficiency (pale, lusterless complexion and nails) - menstrual dysfunction, vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding - very common herb for gynecological disorders (Si Wu Tang).
- Calms liver yang, alleviates pain from constrained liver qi or disharmony between the liver and the spleen due to liver yang rising - cramping and spasms (limbs and abdomen), abdominal pain from dysentery, headache and dizziness.
- Preserves yin, adjusts ying and wei levels - vaginal discharge and spermatorrhea, exterior wind-cold from deficiency with continuous sweating, spontaneous sweating, night sweats.
This formula has cautions, see details
Zhi Gan Cao
Honey Fried Licorice Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category
Usages
- This preparation increases the qi tonifying aspects of the heart and spleen along with its general harmonizing function within formulas. See Gan Cao for complete information.
Sheng Jiang
Fresh Ginger Rhizome
Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category
Usages
- Release the exterior, wind-cold, regulate ying and wei qi
- Warms the middle jiao - stomach cold/vomiting
- Alleviates coughing, warms lung
- Reduces toxicity of other herbs
This formula has cautions, see details
Da Zao
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Chinese Date, Jujube
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category
Usages
- Tonifies spleen qi - weakness, shortness of breath, reduced appetite, loose stools.
- Nourishes the blood, calms the spirit - irritability, pale complexion, emotional disturbances, restlessness.
- Useful to harmonize the harsh properties of other herbs.
This formula has cautions, see details
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