Cinnamon Twig and Ginseng Decoction

傷寒論

Taiyang disease, when the external pattern has not been eliminated and the patient is repeatedly purged, then diarrhea with accompanying heat occurs, diarrhea does not stop, there is epigastric stuffiness and hardness, and the exterior and interior are not resolved; Cinnamon Twig and Ginseng Decoction governs it. (Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage))

Cinnamon Twig 4 liang, cut separately; Licorice 4 liang, prepared; White Atractylodes 3 liang; Ginseng 3 liang; Dried Ginger 3 liang. The above five ingredients, with 9 sheng of water, first decoct the four ingredients to obtain 5 sheng; add Cinnamon Twig and decoct further to obtain 3 sheng, remove dregs, take 1 sheng warm, twice daily and once at night. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases))

The above five ingredients, with 9 sheng of water, first decoct the four ingredients to obtain 5 sheng; add Cinnamon Twig and decoct further to obtain 3 sheng, remove dregs, take 1 sheng warm, twice daily and once at night.

湯劑

Warm yang and strengthen the spleen, release the exterior and dissipate cold.

1. Taiyang disease, when the external pattern has not been eliminated and the patient is repeatedly purged, resulting in diarrhea with accompanying heat, continuous diarrhea, epigastric stuffiness and hardness, and unresolved exterior and interior. 2. Rheumatic heart disease, coronary heart disease, gastric and duodenal ulcers, chronic enteritis, when presenting with diarrhea, epigastric stuffiness and hardness, dry vomiting, abdominal pain, or chest oppression and pain.

For severe deficiency cold: add Prepared Aconite: 10. -- For abdominal pain: add White Peony: 15.

The nature of this formula tends to be warm and drying; it is unsuitable for patients with heat-pattern diarrhea or yin deficiency.