Prescriptions for Removing Summer-heat by Inducing Diuresis
Gui Ling Gan Lu Yin (桂苓甘露饮)
Name
Decoction of Cinnamom Twig and Poria
The Prescription of 桂苓甘露饮
Source
The book Xuan Ming Lun Fang
Ingredients
Fu Ling (Poria) 30 g,Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) 6 g,Bai Zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) 12 g,Ze Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis) 15 g,Rou Gui (Cortex Cinnamomi) 3 g,Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum) 30 g,Han Shui Shi (Calcitum) 30 g,Hua Shi (Talcum) 30 g,Zhu Ling (Polyporus) 15 g.Explanation
Hua Shi: The principal drug, being sweet and tasteless in flavor and cold in nature, clearing away heat, eliminating dampness by inducing diuresis.
Shi Gao and Han Shui Shi: Expelling summer-heat.
Rou Gui: Promoting Functional activity of the Qi of the lower-Jiao.
Zhu Ling, Fu Ling and Ze Xie: Inducing diuresis.
Bai Zhu: Strengthening the spleen.
Gan Cao: Tempering the actions of all the other ingredients, working together with Hua Shi to enhance the elimination of heat and promotion of diuresis.
The Effect of 桂苓甘露饮
Effect
Clearing away summer-heat, promoting functional activity of Qi, inducing diuresis.
Indications
Syndrome due to affection of summer-heat and dampness, marked by fever, headache, restlessness, thirst with desire for drinking, dysuria, and severe vomiting and diarrhea, including such diseases with the above symptoms as sunstroke and common cold ofgastrointestinal type in summer.
Administrations
Ground into powder, 9 g or which is taken after being mixed with warm liquid each time. 2 times daily. Liquid of Sheng Jiang is preferable.
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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