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Bupleurum & Cinnamon - Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang
Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang
Product Specifications
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Practitioner Notes
Formula Type
Extract
TCM Pattern
Shaoyang stage disorders where exterior has not been completely resolved. Joint pain due to wind.
Therapeutic Functions
Resolves the muscles, resolves the exterior, harmonizes and resolves the shaoyang.*
Precautions
The formula is ascending in action, and so it should not be used for patients with repletion above and vacuity below, liver fire, or bleeding gums. Use cautiously in patients with ascendancy of liver yang, hypertension, vomiting of blood due to yin vacuity, headache, or dizziness.
Pulse Quality
Wiry.
Tongue Appearance
Thin, white tongue coating.
Ingredients
On Cold Damage (Shang Han Lun)
| Pin Yin | Botanical Name |
|---|---|
| chai hu | Bupleurum root |
| ban xia | Pinellia rhizome |
| gui zhi | Cinnamon twig |
| bai shao | White Peony root |
| bai ren shen | White Chinese Ginseng root |
| da zao | Jujube date |
| sheng jiang | Fresh Ginger rhizome |
| huang qin | Scutellaria baikal root |
| gan cao | Chinese Licorice root |