Gui Zhi Er Yue Bi Yi Tang - 桂枝二越婢一汤 - Two Parts Cinnamon Twig One Part Maidservant From Yue Decoction

English:	Two Parts Cinnamon Twig One Part Maidservant from Yue Decoction
Also Known As:	Cinnamon Ma Huang and Gypsum Combination.

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Ram. Cinnamomi	Gui Zhi	3g	Releases the Exterior, assists Yang, adjusts the Ying and Wei and releases the muscle layer. With Bai Shao, harmonizes the Ying and Wei.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Bai Shao	3g	Astringes Yin and adjusts the Ying and Wei. With Gui Zhi, Sheng Jiang and Da Zao, for Wind-Cold with Deficiency and perspiration.
Hb. Ephedrae	Ma Huang	3g	Induces sweating, releases the Exterior, disseminates and facilitates Lung Qi, calms wheezing, stops coughing, promotes urination, reduces edema and warms and disperses Cold pathogens. With Gui Zhi, for Wind-Cold Excess conditions with fever and chills but no sweat. With Shi Gao for cough with nasal flaring due to Wind-Heat Obstructing the Lungs.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata	Zhi Gan Cao	3g	Harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs, Moistens the Lungs, Resolves Phlegm, Stops cough and moderates. With Sheng Jiang, harmonizes the other herbs and regulates the Spleen and Stomach. With Da Zao, tonifies the Middle Jiao.
Rz. Zingiberis Recens	Sheng Jiang	3g	Releases the Exterior, induces perspiration and disperses Cold, warms the Lungs, stops cough, treats nausea and vomiting and strengthens the spreading and mobilizing actions of the other herbs. With Da Zao, treats External Wind-Cold, alleviates epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting by strengthening the Spleen, protects the Stomach Qi and reduces irritation of the gastrointestinal tract by other herbs and adjusts the Ying and Wei for treatment of Tai Yang Zhong Feng. With Gui Zhi, strongly induces sweating for treatment of External Wind-Cold with chills, fever, body aches and anhidrosis and warms and dispels thin mucus in the Stomach with nausea, hiccup, Stomach pain, acid reflux or vomiting of clear fluid. With Gui Zhi and Da Zao, harmonizes the Ying and Wei to drive out pathogens. With Ma Huang, strongly creates sweating to treat all externally contracted Wind-Cold disorders, especially those in which Wind-Cold has constrained Lung Qi with cough and wheezing and the failure of Lung Qi to descend causing nausea and vomiting.
Gypsum	Shi Gao	3g	Clears Blazing Stomach Fire, Clears Excess Heat from the Lungs, Clears Heat, Drains Fire, Nourishes Body Fluids, Relieves the muscles, Stops thirst. With Ma Huang, for cough with nasal flaring due to Wind-Heat Obstructing the Lungs. With Sheng Jiang, decreases muscular swelling. With Ma Huang and Gui Zhi, for Wind-Cold with Interior Heat.
Fr. Jujube	Da Zao	4pc	Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

Formula Actions

• Induces sweating
• Clears Interior Heat

Syndromes

• Tai Yang Stage with mild Interior Heat

Clinical Manifestations

Alternating chills and fever Chills severe Fever of longer duration than chills Thirst

Slight irritability T: Pink C: White P: Floating, big and forceful

Treats

Common cold Influenza Pneumonia

Malaria-like symptoms Bronchitis Upper respiratory tract infection

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

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