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Cinnamon and Poria Sweet Dew Decoction

Chinese Prescription: Gui Ling Gan Lu Yin

English Translation: Cinnamon and Poria Sweet Dew Decoction

Formula Type: Relieve Summer-heat

Actions: Expels summerheat, transforms the qi, & promotes the resolution of dampness.

Indications: Fever, headache, irritability, thirst, urinary difficulty with reduced urine, or, in severe cases, sudden turmoil disorders (simultaneous vomiting & diarrhea) with abdominal fullness, pain, or stifling sensation during the summer. This is summerheat with internal stagnation of water & dampness.

Contraindications: Unknown.

Hua Shi / Talcum
Taste: Sweet, Bland • Temperature: Cold • Category: Drain Damp • Sub Category:
Dosage 9-18g	Actions 1. Promotes uriantion & drains heat from the Bladder: an important substance in treating hot painful urinary dysfunction or any condition with dark, painful, burning, & scanty urine. Also used for damp-heat generated diarrhea. 2. Clears heat & releases summerheat: for summerheat disorder with fever, urinary difficulty, irritability, & thirst. 3. Absorbs dampness: applied topically for damp skin lesions. 4. Expels damp-heat through the urine: used adjunctively for heat in the qi level with dampness manifested in uremitting fevers, a heavy feeling in the body, thirst, & a yellow tongue coating.	Meridians Stomach, Bladder	Cautions Contraindicated for Spleen qi deficiency or spermatorrhea, for depleted fluids due to a warm-febrile disease, & for excessive urination. Use with caution during pregnancy. Toxicity: can stimulate the growth of granulomas in the colon & vagina.

Zhi Gan Cao / Licorice Root, honey-baked
Zhi Gan Cao - Honey-baked Licorice Root Gan Cao - Licorice Root - Large Gan Cao - Licorice Root - Medium Gan Cao - Licorice Root - Small
Taste: Sweet • Temperature: Warm • Category: Tonic • Sub Category: Tonify Qi
Dosage 2-12g	Actions 1. Tonifies the Spleen & augments the qi: commonly used for Spleen deficiency with shortness of breath, lassitude, & loose stools. Also for qi or blood deficiency patterns with an irregular or intermittent pulse & /or palpitations. 2. Moistens the Lungs & stops coughing: for coughing & wheezing. Because of its neutral properties, it can be used for either heat or cold in the Lungs. 3. Clears heat & relieves fire toxicity: used raw for carbuncles, sores, or sore throat due to fire toxin. For this purpose, it can be taken internally or applied topically. 4. Moderates spasms & alleviates pain: for painful spasms of the abdomen or legs. 5. Moderates & harmonizes the characteristics of other herbs: by virtue of its sweet, neutral, & moderating properties, this herb moderates hot & cold herbs, & mitigates the violent properties of other herbs. Since it is said to enter all 12 primary channels, it can lead & conduct other herbs into the channels. 6. Used as an antidote for a variety of toxic substances, both internally & topically. 7. The raw root clears heat & relieves toxicity, the honey-fried tonifies the middle & moderates spasms.	Meridians All 12 channels (principally the Heart, Lung, Spleen, & Stomach)	Cautions Contraindicated in cases of excess dampness, nausea, or vomiting. May be in compatible with jing da ji, yuan hua, gan sui, & hai zao, & may antagonize yuan zhi. The toxicity of gan cao is very low, but if taken long-term it may cause hypertension &/or edema. Glycyrrhetinic acid has been reported to cause a reduction in the activity of the thyroid & a reducation in the basal metabolic rate.

Shi Gao / Gypsum
Shi Gao - Gypsum Shi Gao Fen - Gypsum powdered Shi Gao Duan - Gypsum - calcined
Taste: Sweet, Acrid • Temperature: Very Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Drain Fire
Dosage 9-30g, up to 90g for high fevers. Brake up & cook for 20-30 minutes before adding other herbs.	Actions 1. Clears heat & drains fire: for high fever without chills, irritability, intense thirst, profuse sweating, a flooding & big pulse, & a red tongue with yellow coating. This condition is identified as one of excess in the qi level of the four levels of disease, or the yang brightness channel stage of the six stages of disease. 2. Clears excessive heat from the Lungs: for cough & wheezing with fever & thick, viscous sputum. 3. Clears blazing Stomach fire: for headache, toothache, or swollen & painful gums due to Stomach fire. 4. For eczema, burns, & ulcerated sores: usually applied topically in powdered form after being calcined & mixed with other herbs.	Meridians Lung, Stomach	Cautions Contraindicated for patients with weak stomachs, or when the pulse is minute, or in cases of yang deficiency or heat from yin deficiency.

Rou Gui / Cinnamon, (inner bark)
Rou Gui - Cinnamon Bark Gui Zhi - Cinnamon Twigs
Taste: Acrid, Sweet • Temperature: Hot • Category: Warm Interior & Expel Cold • Sub Category:
Dosage 1.5-4.5g, crush into small pieces before using, usually taken as powder, pill or tincture to avoid loss of volatile oils	Actions 1. Warms the Kidneys & fortifies the yang: for a wide variety of problems due to insufficiency of Kidney yang & waning of the gate of vitality. Common manifestations include aversion to cold, cold limbs, weak back, impotence, frequent urination. Also for waning of the Spleen & Kidney yang with abdominal pain & cold, reduced appetite, & diarrhea. Also important for wheezing due to the failure of the Kidneys to grasp the qi. 2. Leads the fire back to its source: the principal herb for treating the upward-floating of the deficient yang. Manifestations include flushed face, wheezing, severe sweating (when the sweat pours out like oil), weak & cold lower extremities, & a deficient & rootless pulse. This patterns is called illusionary heat & true cold, or heat above/cold below. Also used for other conditions where the upper part of the body is hot (e.g., dry mouth, sore throat, or toothache that become worse at night) & the lower part is cold (e.g., lower back pain, cold lower extremities, diarrhea, weakness in the proximal position of the pulse). 3. Disperses deep cold, warms the channels, unblocks the channels & vessels, & alleviates pain: for deep cold causing qi stagnation or blood stasis. Associated problems include cold in the blood causing amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea, damp-cold painful obstruction, yin type boils (chronic sores that are usually concave & ooze a clear fluid), & abcesses or sores that do not heal. 4. Encourages the generation of qi & blood: with qi & blood tonics as an auxiliary herb for chronic deficiency of qi & blood.	Meridians Heart, Kidney, Liver, Spleen	Cautions Contraindicated in cases of yin deficiency with heat signs, interior excess heat, & the reckless movement of hot blood. Use with caution during pregnancy.

Zhu Ling / Polyporus Sclerotium
Taste: Sweet, Bland • Temperature: Slightly Cool • Category: Drain Damp • Sub Category:
Dosage 6-15g	Actions Promotes urination & leaches out dampness: for problems caused by stagnation of dampness such as edama, scanty urine, vaginal discharge, cloudy painful urinary dysfunction, as well as jaundice & diarrhea.	Meridians Spleen, Kidney, Bladder	Cautions Contraindicated in the absence of dampness. Long-term use is discouraged, as this may injure the yin.

Fu Ling / Poria, Hoelen, Tuckahoe
Fu Ling (Poria sliced) Fu shen (Poria Spirit w/ piece of wood) Fu Ling Pi (Poria Peel)
Taste: Sweet, Bland • Temperature: Neutral • Category: Drain Damp • Sub Category:
Dosage 9-15g, up to 60g	Actions 1. Promotes urination & leaches out dampness: for urinary difficulty, diarrhea, or edema due to stagnation of fluids or dampness. Also used in cases of scanty urine due to damp-heat (more often in its red form). 2. Strengthens the Spleen & harmonizes the middle burner: for Spleen deficiency compounded by dampness with such symptoms as loss of appetite, diarrhea, & epigastric distention. 3. Strengthens the Spleen & transforms phlegm: for Spleen deficiency with congested fluids in which phlegm moves upward with such symptoms as palpitations, headache, dizziness, & a thick, greasy tongue coating. 4. Quites the Heart & calms the spirit: for palpiations, insomnia, or forgetfulness.	Meridians Heart, Spleen, Lung	Cautions Contraindicated in cases of frequent, copious urine due to cold from deficiency. May counteract di yu, qin jiao & bie jia. Taking this herb in large doses or long-term is discouraged.

Ze Xie / Alismatis Rhizome
Taste: Sweet, Bland • Temperature: Cold • Category: Drain Damp • Sub Category:
Dosage 6-15g	Actions 1. Promotes urination & leaches out dampness: for the stagnation associated with dampness with such symptoms as urinary difficulty, edema, & diarrhea. Especially useful when there is damp-heat in the lower burner. 2. Drains Kidney fire: for Kidney yin deficiency patterns with heat signs, including dizziness & tinnitus.	Meridians Kidney, Bladder	Cautions Contraindicated in cases of spermatorrhea or vaginal discharge due to Kidney yang deficiency or damp-cold. Toxicity: A very safe herb. The ingredients of this herb can irritate the intestinal tract, & gastroenteritis may result from prolonged ingestion.

Bai Zhu / Atractylodes (White) Rhizome
Bai Zhu - White Atractylodes Root Cang Zhu - Black Atractylodes Root
Taste: Bitter, Sweet • Temperature: Warm • Category: Tonic • Sub Category: Tonify Qi
Dosage 4.5-9g	Actions 1. Tonifies the Spleen & augments the qi: for Spleen or Stomach deficiency with such symptoms as diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite, & vomiting. 2. Strengthens the Spleen & dries dampness: for digestive disorders due to Spleen yang failing to rise, with loss of its ability to transform & subsequent accumulation of dampness. Also for edema & reduced urination associated with Spleen deficiency. Used as an auxiliary herb for damp painful obstruction. 3. Stabilizes the exterior & stops sweating: for spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency. 4. Strengthens the Spleen & calms the fetus: for restless fetus disorder, especially when due to Spleen deficiency. Also for other types of this disorder when combined with appropriate herbs.	Meridians Spleen, Stomach	Cautions Contraindicated in cases of yin deficiency with heat signs, or injured fluids.

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