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| Health Benefits |
| For: Anxiety • Depression • Restless sleep • Crying spells • Post-traumatic stress disorders PTSD • Neurosis • Epilepsy |
| Atributes: |
| Constituents: |
| Category: Calm Shen ⌕ |
| Subcategory: Nourish + Calm Shen Source: Jin Gui Yao Lue |
| Actions: Nourish the heart • Calms Shen • Harmonizes the middle burner • Relaxes tension • Tonify Spleen Qi |
| Diagnosis |
| Tongue: Light red, little coating Pulse: Thin, rapid Other: |
| Patterns: Liver Qi Stagnation • Heart Yin injury |
| Indications: Worry, grief, trance, sad and tend to cry, restlessness organ disorder (Zang Zao - LV Qi stagnation from grief and worry), insomnia, yawn, light red tongue with little coating, thin a bit rapid pulse [Song]
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| Contraindications: High blood pressure |
| Description |
| Name Variations: Gan Mai Da Zao Tang, 甘麦大枣汤, Licorice, Wheat, and Jujube Decoction, |
| Herb List: Xiao Mai(K) • Gan Gao(M) • Da Zao(A) |
| Commentary: This formula contains gluten because of Xiao Mai. |
| Related Formulas: |
| Herbs |
Cat/Dosage |
Actions |
Attributes |
| Fu Xiao Mai • Wheat Grain • 浮⼩⿆ ♠ |
Stabilize + Bind
9g-15g |
Nourish heart • Calm spirit • Reduce sweating • Clear yin deficiency heat |
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| Gan Cao • Licorice Root • 甘草 ♥ |
Tonify Qi
9g |
Enters all 12 channels, often serve as envoy in a formula.
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Hypoglycemic • Antiarrhythmic • Expectorant • Antidiarrheal • Antiulcer • Hepatoprotective • Immunostimulant • Antitussive • Antiviral • Detox • Demulcent • Anti-inflammatory • Laxative • Emmenagogue • Antimicrobial • Spasmolytic • Corticosteroidal |
| Da Zao • Jujube • 大枣 ♣ |
Tonify Qi
10 pieces |
Tonify spleen • Tonify qi • Calm the spirit • Harmonize other herb's properties • Nourish blood |
antibaterial • antidepressant • anti-inflammatory • anodyne • antifungal • hepatoprotective • hypotensive • sedative |
| ♠ King/Chief ♥ Minister/Deputy ♣ Assistant ♦ Envoy |
| Directions: |
| Modifications |
For |
| + Hei Zhi Ma + He Shou Wu |
Insomnia from liver blood deficiency |
| + Gui Pi Tang |
Shortness of breath, palpitations, loss of appetite |
| + Gui Zhi + Long Gu + Mu Li |
Mild cases of schizophrenia |
| + Bai He + Bai Zi Ren |
Irritability from heart yin deficiency |
| + Sheng Di Huang + Bai He |
Insomnia, red tongue no coating, severe yin deficiency31 |
| + Suan Zao Ren + Dang Gui |
Dizzy, wiry thin pulse from Liver Blood Deficiency31 |
| Caution |
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ALERT: Contraindications of each herb - use with caution under these conditions:
Fu Ling: Foods: Vinegar, pickled food
Fu shen: None noted
Yuan Zhi: Drying • caution with heat or hot phlegm, gastritis, or peptic ulcers • Pregnancy
Ren Shen: Blood thinner medication • Diabetes medication • Blood pressure medication • Caffeine • Yin deficiency • Stagnant fire • Hypertension • Bleeding disorders • Pain in chest • Excess heat
Zhu Sha: Pregnancy • Long term use • Can cause mercury poisoning if used inappropriately
Shi Chang Pu:
Long Gu: Damp heat • Externally contracted excess • Bradycardia • Extrasystoles • Fire induced nocturnal discharge • Fish |
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