Wutou Guizhi Tang

The Prescription of Wutou Guizhi Tang

Source

The book Jin Kui Yao Lue

Ingredients

• 5 Wu Tou,
• Gui Zhi 9 g,
• Shao Yao 9 g,
• Zhi Gan Cao 6 g,
• Sheng Jiang 9 g,
• Da Zao 12 dates.

Explanation

Gui Zhi: The principal drug, 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.

Bai Shao: Replenishing Yin and astringing Ying, uniting Gui Zhi to take a role in regulating Ying and Wei.

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.

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, together with Shao Yao replenishing Yin, tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.

Chuan Wu: Dispelling wind-cold, warming meridians to alleviate pain.

The Effect of Wutou Guizhi Tang

Effect

Dispel cold, tonify qi, warm meridians to alleviate pain.

Administrations

Decoct in water with honey for oral dose to be taken.