Gardenia, Licorice, and Fermented Soybean Decoction

傷寒論

After diaphoresis, emesis, and purgation, with deficiency-type restlessness and inability to sleep, if severe there will inevitably be tossing and turning and agitation in the heart; Zhizi Chi Tang governs it. If there is shortness of qi, Zhizi Gancao Chi Tang governs it. If there is vomiting, Zhizi Shengjiang Chi Tang governs it. (Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage))

Gardenia 14 pieces, split; licorice 2 liang, honey-fried; fragrant fermented soybean, 4 sheng, wrapped in silk. For the above three ingredients, use 4 sheng of water; first boil gardenia and licorice to obtain 2.5 sheng; add fermented soybean; boil to obtain 1.5 sheng; remove dregs; divide into two doses. Take one dose warm; if vomiting occurs, stop the subsequent dose. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases))

The above ingredients are separately finely cut. Boil gardenia with 200 g of water down to 150 g. Remove the dregs, add fermented soybean, boil again down to 100 g, remove the dregs, and take in one dose.

湯劑

Clear the qi aspect.

The Zhizi-Chi pattern with shortness of qi; deficiency-type restlessness and inability to sleep, agitation in the heart, or tossing and turning, restlessness when lying or rising, or body heat, accompanied by shortness of qi and other presentations; in cold damage and warm disease, after sweating and purgation, agitation in the heart, deficiency-type restlessness and inability to sleep, and short breath.