Gan Mai Da Zao Tang甘麥大棗湯
Licorice, Wheat and Jujube Decoction
Also known asLicorice and Jujube Combination
- Medicinals
- 4
Composition
(Substitutes for Xiao Mai in some sources.)
Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach, augments *Qi, nourishes the Blood and calms the Spirit*.
Actions
- Provides nourishment to the Heart
- Settles the Shen
- Brings balance to the Middle Jiao
- Eases acute presentations
- Releases tightness
- Boosts Spleen Qi
Patterns treated
- Heart Blood Deficiency accompanied by Liver Qi Stagnation
- A Restless-Organ pattern
- A Dry-Organ pattern
Manifestations
- A distracted, inattentive state of mind
- Recurrent bouts of profound sorrow accompanied by a desire to weep
- Difficulty regulating one's emotional responses
- A depressed mood
- Unsettled, disturbed sleep
- Night sweating may occur
- Poor concentration
- Tightness in the muscles of the abdomen
- A tendency toward being easily irritated
- Unusual patterns of speech or conduct
- A state of disorientation
- Repeated yawning
- A sense of sorrow
- Excessive sensitivity or self-consciousness
- Difficulty sleeping
- Tongue body
- Red, or alternatively pale red in color
- Coating
- Sparse in amount
- Pulse
- Fine and quickened
Indications
- Neurotic disorders
- A neurasthenic condition
- An epileptic disorder
- Nocturnal crying in infants
- Depressive states
- Spasms affecting the digestive tract
- Choreic movements
- Cramping of the uterus
- A generalized state of anxiety
- Disorders of attention and hyperactivity
- Cases of Parkinson's disease
- Migraine headaches
- Ectopic beats of the heart
- Convulsive episodes
- Bipolar affective disorder
- Nocturnal wandering during sleep
- Excessive yawning
- Erectile dysfunction
- Hysterical disorder
- Dystonia of the autonomic nervous system
- Schizophrenic disorder
- A syndrome associated with menopause
- Bedwetting
- Sleeplessness
- Walking while asleep
- Cough resulting from tracheal spasm
- Episodes of night terror occurring in children
- Nervous fatigue
- Limb spasms
- An elevated heart rate of sinus origin
- Manic episodes
- Symptoms occurring before menstruation
- A globus sensation of hysterical origin
- Gluten-sensitive enteropathy
- A hoarse voice
- Andropause
Modifications
For a combination of irritability and thirst
- +Mai Men Dong
- +Wu Wei Zi
For sleeplessness
For difficulty sleeping
For nocturnal crying in infants
For schizophrenic disorder
For schizophrenia of a mild degree
For Liver Blood Deficiency accompanied by dizziness and a thin, wiry pulse
For edema resulting from long-term use of high doses of Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
For insomnia of neurasthenic origin
For Deficiency of Yin
For pronounced Qi Deficiency
For a schizophrenic condition
For cases of schizophrenia
For pronounced disturbance of the Shen
For the presentation of schizophrenia
For hysterical disorder
For a hysteric condition
For Restless Organ disorder accompanied by Yin Deficiency Heat
For Restless Organ disorder combined with anorexia and dry stools
For schizophrenia accompanied by Yin Deficiency Heat
For neurotic disorder
For markers of Yin Deficiency, including irritability, a red tongue with scanty coating, and insomnia
For palpitations together with fear and fright
- +Ren Shen
- +Huang Qi
For bedwetting
For dry stools, or alternatively constipation
For palpitations, breathlessness, poor appetite, a swollen tongue with tooth marks, and a frail pulse
For sinus arrhythmia together with a choppy pulse
To enhance the sedative effect
For a neurasthenic condition
For a state of neurasthenia
For nervous exhaustion
For hysteria accompanied by spasms
For an epileptic disorder
For hysteria accompanied by abdominal pain
For hysteria accompanied by crying without apparent cause
- −Da Zao
- +Sheng Di Huang
- +Mai Ya
- +E Jiao
- +Long Gu
- +Ji Zi Huang
For Restless Organ disorder accompanied by Blood Deficiency Heat
For menopausal syndrome accompanied by insomnia, restlessness, and irritability
For menopause syndrome combined with sleeplessness, restlessness, and irritability
For a state of sleeplessness
- +Bai He
- +Dang Shen
- +Long Chi
- +Hu Po
- +Wu Wei Zi
- +Mai Men Dong
For an inability to sleep
For choreic movement disorder