Zhi Gan Cao Tang炙甘草湯
Honey- fried Licorice Decoction
Autres nomsPrepared Licorice Decoction · Baked or Roasted Licorice Combination or · Fu Mai Tang (Restore the Pulse Decoction).
- Substances
- 11
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Composition
Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi and nourishes the Heart.
- Ren Shen
- Da Zao
- Ren Shen
- Ren Shen, Gui Zhi, Sheng Di Huang
- Ren ShenRx. Ginseng3–6 g
Calms the Shen, strongly tonifies Yuan Qi and tonifies the Heart.
(Tonifies the Middle *Jiao and augments Qi* - may substitute for Ren Shen.)**
(With Zhi Gan Cao, for anorexia, fatigue and loose stools due to Spleen Deficiency and palpitations due to Heart Qi Deficiency.)
Assists the Heart Yang and warms and facilitates the flow of Yang Qi in the chest.
- Ren Shen
- Zhi Gan Cao
- Zhi Gan Cao, Ren Shen
Clears Heat, cools Heart Fire and nourishes Blood and Heart Yin.
for coughing, hematemesis, epistaxis, and uterine hemorrhage due to Heat from Deficiency.- Mai Men DongTub. Ophiopogonis6–10 g
Moistens Stomach and Lung Dryness, moistens the Intestines clears the Heart and eliminates irritability.
for hematemesis or epistaxis due to Yin Deficiency with Excess Heat. Enriches Yin, nourishes the Blood and moistens Dryness.
Nourishes Yin and moistens Intestines.
- Sheng Di Huang
- Mai Men Dong
Benefits the Spleen, nourishes the Heart, nourishes Blood, calms the Shen and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.
- Zhi Gan Cao
- Ren Shen
enhances the effect of Blood tonics by facilitating digestion and absorption.- Bai JiuWhite Wine
Assists movement.
Actions
- Boosts Qi
- Builds up the Blood
- Replenishes Yin
- Normalizes the Pulse
Syndromes traités
- Deficient Heart Qi
- Deficiency of Qi, Blood and Yin arising when excessive worry and emotion damage the Heart and Spleen
- Irregular pulse patterns (knotted and intermittent) stemming from Deficiency of both Yang and Yin
- Whole-body numbness caused by depletion of Ying and Wei
- Lung atrophy brought on by Yin Deficiency
Manifestations
- A pounding or racing heartbeat
- Low energy
- Feelings of anxiousness
- Being easily irritated
- Difficulty sleeping
- A wasted, thin body
- Breathlessness
- Difficulty passing stool
- A parched mouth and throat
- A numb feeling in the body
- A dry, unproductive cough
- Coughing that produces scant or no phlegm
- Coughing up phlegm streaked with blood
- Sweating that occurs without exertion
- Sweating during sleep
- Five sole Heat triggered by stress
- Menstrual periods that start early
- An inability to settle
- A parched-feeling tongue
- Heavy menstrual flow that is pale in color
- A lack of physical strength
- Diminished memory
- Excessive dreaming during sleep
- Being easily startled
- A generally weary body
- Hard, dry bowel movements
- Rough-textured skin
- Throat dryness
- A visibly thin build
- Corps de la langue
- Pale with a shiny quality, or Red
- Enduit
- Thin and white, or absent
- Pouls
- Knotted, or Intermittent, or a Minute, forceless and Deficient quality, or a Thready, rapid quality
Indications
- Arrhythmia originating above the ventricles
- Heart disease caused by rheumatic fever
- Narrowing of the mitral valve
- A mitral valve that prolapses
- An overactive thyroid gland
- Tuberculosis affecting the lungs
- Emphysematous lung damage
- Nervous exhaustion (neurasthenia)
- Abnormally deep or rapid breathing
- An irregular, rapid atrial heart rhythm
- Bleeding in the upper digestive tract stemming from Liver cirrhosis
- An overactive sympathetic nervous system
- Hepatitis C infection
- Anxious states
- Coughing
- Asthma affecting the bronchi
- Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease)
- Neurotic disorders
- Physical weakness
- Unprovoked sweating
- Sweating at night during sleep
- Difficulty with bowel movements
- A tendency to forget
- A rapid, regular atrial rhythm disturbance
- Early extra beats originating in the ventricles
- Elevated blood pressure
- Abnormally low blood pressure
- Hardening of the arteries
- Inflammation of the heart's inner lining
- Heart-muscle inflammation caused by a virus
- Disease of the coronary arteries
- Fever following childbirth
- A reduced level of red blood cells
- Graves' disease (Basedow's disease)
- Dysfunction of the heart's natural pacemaker (sick sinus syndrome)
- Chest pain from reduced heart blood flow (angina pectoris)
- Heart failure with fluid congestion
- A fluttering or pounding heartbeat
- An irregular heart rhythm
- Trouble falling or staying asleep
- Right heart strain from lung disease (cor pulmonale)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- HIV infection and AIDS
- Persistent tiredness
- Labored or difficult breathing
- The condition lupus erythematosus
Modifications
When Lung atrophy is present
When Lung Yin Deficiency is severe
When palpitations are severe
When nosebleeds arise from Yin Deficiency
- +Sheng Di Huang
- +Mai Men Dong
- +Huang Qin
- +Huang Lian
When irritability and being easily startled are present
When there is widespread tiredness and Deficiency
When coughing results from Lung atrophy
When there is edema
When swelling from fluid retention is present
When hepatitis C arises from Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency
When Spleen Yin Deficiency is present
When palpitations are pronounced****
When palpitations occur alongside severe Heart Blood Deficiency****
When palpitations are accompanied by abdominal and epigastric fullness, poor appetite, and a greasy or glossy tongue coating****
When palpitations come with difficulty concentrating and a weak memory****
When palpitations stem from Blood and Yang Deficiency****
When lupus erythematosus presents with unprompted sweating****
When lupus erythematosus presents with unprompted sweating together with constipation and dry, bound stools
When lupus erythematosus presents with unprompted sweating together with Blood Stagnation and chest pain
When sick sinus syndrome occurs together with Blood Stagnation
- −E Jiao
- −Huo Ma Ren
- +Huang Qi
- +Yu Zhu
- +Hei Zhi Ma
- +Wu Wei Zi
- +one or two of the following:formule
- +Dan Shen
- +Dang Gui
- +Hong Hua
- +Chi Shao
When the chest feels painful and uncomfortable
When insomnia is present
When sleep is disturbed
When the patient cannot sleep well
When difficulty sleeping occurs
When Qi Deficiency is present
When Yang Deficiency is present
When appetite is poor
When the chest feels congested
When nausea and vomiting occur
- +Wen Dan Tangformule
When arrhythmias are present
When angina pectoris is present
When coronary Heart disease presents with arrhythmia and palpitations
When palpitations occur together with Liver Heat****
When palpitations occur alongside severe insomnia****
When palpitations are present****
When lupus erythematosus presents with unprompted sweating and either palpitations or arrhythmia
When sick sinus syndrome is present****
When full-blown AIDS results from Yin and Yang Deficiency****
Précautions
- Contraindicated in those with Heat arising from Yin Deficiency.
- Contraindicated in cases of severe diarrhea
Notes
Historically, this formula has been regarded as the finest treatment for an irregular heartbeat marked by a knotted pulse (slow, with a regular irregularity) and an intermittent pulse (irregularly irregular).