The Prescription of Guizhi Qu Shaoyao Jia Shuqi Muli Longgu Jiuni Tang

Source

The book Shang Han Lun

Ingredients

• Gui Zhi 9 g,
• Zhi Gan Cao 6 g,
• Sheng Jiang 9 g,
• Da Zao 12 dates,
• Mu Li 15 g,
• Shu Qi 9 g,
• Long Gu 12 g.

Explanation

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.

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, tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.

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.

Long Gu and Mu Li: Relieving convulsion and inducing tranquilization.

Shu Qi: Eliminating phlegm and checking malaria.

Effect

Relieve convulsion and induce tranquilization.

Administration

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