Cinnamon Twig, Ginger, and Bitter Orange Decoction

金匱要略湯劑

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Source

金匱要略

Original text

-- There is stuffiness in the heart, various counterflow conditions, and a suspended pain in the heart; Gui Zhi Sheng Jiang Zhi Shi Tang governs it. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))

Composition

Gui Zhi 3 liang; Sheng Jiang 3 liang; Zhi Shi 5 pieces. The above three ingredients: with water 6 sheng, decoct to obtain 3 sheng, divide into three warm doses. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases))

Preparation

With water 6 sheng, decoct to obtain 3 sheng, divide into three warm doses.

Form

湯劑

Function

Unblock yang qi, break counterflow qi. Move qi and resolve stuffiness, warm the middle and transform fluids.

Traditional indications

Cold pathogen or water-fluid retention lodged in the stomach, rushing upward in counterflow, with stuffiness and oppression below the heart and upward pulling pain.

Cautions

Avoid raw scallion.