Gui Zhi Tang Wan Cinnamon Twig Decoction - TCM Herbal Formula | Chinese Medicine Theory

Names Of Gui Zhi Tang Wan

Gui Zhi Tang Wan TCM Herbal Formula

English Name: Cinnamon Twig Decoction
Pinyin Name: Gui Zhi Tang Wan
Alternate Names: Gui Zhi Tang, Kuei Chih Tang, Cinnamon Decoction, Cinammon Combination
Chinese Character: 桂枝湯

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How Is Gui Zhi Tang Wan Categorized?

Gui Zhi Tang Wan Functional Groupings

Primary Category: Release the Exterior
Subcategory: Release Exterior Cold

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Sub Categories Within The Release the Exterior Category

Release Early Stage Exterior Disorders Release Exterior Cold Release Exterior Disorders with Head and Neck Symptoms Release Exterior Disorders with Interior Deficiency Release Exterior Wind Heat Release Exterior-Interior Excess

There Are 11 Formulas In Our Release the Exterior Category

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How Is Gui Zhi Tang Wan Used Clinically?

Gui Zhi Tang Wan Usages and Indications

Gan Mao (wind-cold) - Common cold or flu (or related illnesses, asthma, rhinitis, etc.) presenting with fever and chills (unrelieved by sweating), headache, aversion to wind, no desire for fluids, dry cough, sore throat.
Frostbite.
Pain from cold - may manifest in the joints, sciatic pain, neuralgia.
Some skin conditions that are worse with cold and tend to be dry and itchy.
Potentially useful post-partum (for colds or fevers) to strengthen the exterior (wei qi).

Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Gui Zhi Tang Wan

Gui Zhi Tang Wan Related Conditions and Patterns

Asthma Bells Palsy Common Cold Flu Itching Neuralgia Rhinitis Sciatica

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Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Cold

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Gui Zhi Tang Wan Has 5Ingredients

Gui Zhi

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

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.

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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

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Da Zao

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.

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