Commonly Used Chinese Herb Formulas with Illustrations - Baked Licorice Combination (Zhi Gan Cao Tang)
0807 炙甘草湯 (Zhi Gan Cao Tang)
Baked Licorice Combination
Honey Fried Licorice Decoction
【Formulation】
Chinese Name
Pharmaceutical Name
Pin Yin Name
English Name
生地黃
Radix Rehmanniae
Sheng Di Huang
炙甘草
Radix Glycyrrhizae praeparata cum melle
Zhi Gan Cao
火麻仁
Fructus Cannabis
Huo Ma Ren
大棗
Fructus Jujubae
Da Zao
生薑
Rhizoma Zingiberis recens
Sheng Jiang
桂枝
Ramulus Cinnamomi
Gui Zhi
麥門冬
Radix Ophiopogonis
Mai Men Dong
人參
Radix Ginseng
Ren Shen
阿膠
Colla Corii Asini
E Jiao
【Classic Literature Reference】
Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Febrile Diseases, 206).
Compiler: Zhang, Zhong-jingo
【Indications】
Traditional:
1. Both qi and blood deficiency marked a knotted or intermittent pulse; palpitation emaciation; shortness of breath; and a dry, pal and shiny tongue with less saliva.
2. Consumptive Lung disease manifested by dry cough, scanty phlegm, or cough with bloody sputum, emaciation, shortness breath, restlessness, insomnia, spontaneous sweating, night sweating, dry mouth and throat, constipation, or tidal fever, and a feeble and rapid pulse.
Modern: Coronary heart disease, viral myocarditis, arrhythmia, angina pectoris hypotension, supraventricular arrhythmia rheumatic heart disease, mitral stenosis mitral valve prolapse, endocarditis, pulmonary tuberculosis, hyperthyroidism, emphysema and neurasthenia.2,3
Pattern of Both Qi and Blood Deficiency
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