Prescriptions for Removing Heat in Qi System
Bai Hu Jia Gui Zhi Tang (白虎加桂枝汤)
Name
The Prescription of 白虎加桂枝汤
Source
The book Jin Gui Yao Lue
Ingredients
Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum) 50 g,Zhi Mu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae) 18 g,Zhi Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) 3 g,Jing Mi (Semen Oryzae Sativae) 6 g,Gui Zhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi) 5~9 g.Explanation
Shi Gao: The principal drug, being pungent and sweet in flavor and very cold in nature, purging heat in the lung and stomach, eliminating vexation.
Zhi Mu: Purging heat in the lung and stomach, being moisture in nature to moisten dryness.
Gan Cao and Jing Mi: Benifiting the stomach, protecting body fluids from being impaired, letting prescriptions very cold in nature not injure the spleen and stomach.
Gui Zhi: Expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin by means of diaphoresis, warming the channels to dispel pathogenic cold.
The Effect of 白虎加桂枝汤
Effect
Clear heat, dredge meridians and alleviate pain.
Administrations
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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