白虎加桂枝湯

Name

1. 白虎加桂枝汤
2. Baihu Jia Guizhi Tang
3. Guizhi BaihuTang
4. 桂枝白虎汤
5. 桂枝白虎湯

The Prescription of 白虎加桂枝湯

Source

The book Jin Gui Yao Lue

Ingredients

• Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum) 50 g,
• Zhi Mu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae) 18 g,
• Zhi Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) 3 g,
• Jing Mi (Semen Oryzae Sativae) 6 g,
• Gui Zhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi) 5~9 g.

Explanation

Shi Gao: The principal drug, being pungent and sweet in flavor and very cold in nature, purging heat in the lung and stomach, eliminating vexation.

Zhi Mu: Purging heat in the lung and stomach, being moisture in nature to moisten dryness.

Gan Cao and Jing Mi: Benifiting the stomach, protecting body fluids from being impaired, letting prescriptions very cold in nature not injure the spleen and stomach.

Gui Zhi: Expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin by means of diaphoresis, warming the channels to dispel pathogenic cold.

The Effect of 白虎加桂枝湯

Effect

Clear heat, dredge meridians and alleviate pain.

Administrations

Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.