Yi Wu Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang - 医务柴葛解肌汤 - Bupleurum And Kudzu Decoction To Release The Muscle Layer

English:	Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction to Release the Muscle Layer
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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Rx. Bupleuri	Chai Hu	6g	Disperses Wind-Heat and resolves Phlegm and congestion. With Gan Cao, for Wind-Heat fever. With Ge Gen, for Wind-Heat with neck and shoulder pain.
Rx. Puerariae	Ge Gen	9g	Discharges Exterior conditions, releases the muscles, especially of the neck and upper back, relieves Heat and thirst and generates fluids. With Chai Hu, for Exterior patterns where the the chills gradually improve while the fever gradually increases along with stiffening of the neck and upper back and absence of sweating. With Chai Hu and Huang Qin, for Wind-Heat.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	6g	Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, relieves pain, clears Heat and cools the Blood.
Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	9g	Clears Heat, dries Dampness, drains Fire, detoxifies, cools the Blood and stops bleeding. With Chai Hu, for Heat in the Shao Yang with alternating chills and fever and nausea.
Rx. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu	6g	Clears Heat and drains Fire from the Qi Stage (Lungs Stomach). With Zhe Bei Mu, for cough due to Lung Heat or Yin Deficiency with expectoration of thick, yellow sputum. With Huang Qin, for cough with Excess Lung Heat.
Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	12g	Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids. With Mu Dan Pi, for Ying and Xue Stage Heat and residual Warm pathogen which has injured the Yin. With Mu Dan Pi and Chi Shao , for purpura or bleeding with maculae and blotches on the skin.
Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi	9g	Clears Heat, cools, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis. With Chi Shao, cools the Blood and disperses Stasis, for Ying Stage Heat.
Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii	Zhe Bei Mu	6g	Clears Heat, transforms Phlegm and stops cough.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	3g	Clears Heat, Harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs, Moistens the Lungs, Relieves Fire toxicity and moderates, Resolves Phlegm, Stops cough.

Formula Actions

• Releases the muscle layer
• Clears Heat

Syndromes

• External Wind-Heat with Stagnant Interior Heat
  

Clinical Manifestations

Fever and chills Headache Painful muscles Stiffness of the muscles Fever with no chills

Cough Thirst T: Red C: Yellow P: Rapid

Treats

Influenza Cough Fever

Common cold Toothache Pneumonia

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

• This condition is common in warm-febrile diseases contracted in the spring that surface in the summer.
• The deeper the level of penetration of the pathogenic influence, the larger the dosage.

Modifications

For incoherent speech:
+ Gypsum	Shi Gao