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Diaphoretic Prescriptions Composed of Drugs Pungent in Flavor and Warm in Nature

Guizhi Jia Fuzi Tang

Gui Zhi Jia Fu Zi Tang 桂枝加附子汤
By the TCMHH editorial team Not medically reviewed How we work Updated 6 Oct 2026
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The Prescription of Guizhi Jia Fuzi Tang

Source

The book Shang Han Lun

Ingredients

Gui Zhi 9 g,Shao Yao 9 g,Zhi Gan Cao 9 g,Sheng Jiang 9 g,Da Zao 3 dates,Fu Zi 6 g.

Explanation

Fu Zi: Restoring yang from collapse, reinforcing fire and strengthening yang, dispelling cold to alleviate pain.

Gui Zhi: Being pungent and sweet in flavor and warm in nature, expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin by means of diaphoresis, warming the channels to dispel pathogenic cold.

Bai Shao: Replenishing Yin and astringing Ying, uniting Gui Zhi to take a role in regulating Ying and Wei.

Sheng Jiang: Being pungent in flavor and warm in nature, assisting Gui Zhi in expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin, warming the stomach to prevent vomiting.

Da Zao: Being sweet in flavor and neutral in nature, supplementing Qi and strengthening the middle-Jiao, nourishing the spleen, promoting the production of body fluids.

Zhi Gan Cao: Supplementing Qi and regulating the stomach, together with Gui Zhi aiding in expelling the pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin, together with Shao Yao replenishing Yin, tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.

The Effect of Guizhi Jia Fuzi Tang

Effect

Relieve exterior syndrome by means of diaphoresis, dispel wind and strengthen yang.

Indications

Night sweat, hepatitis B, pediatric collapse, sinus bradycardia, abnormal sweating due to general debility.

Administrations

Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken 3 times a day.

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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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