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Gan Cao Gan Jiang Tang 甘草干姜汤
Licorice and Ginger Decoction
Licorice and Ginger Decoction
Tradition:
TCM
Source / Author:
Essentials from the Golden Cabinet (c. 220 CE)
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Preparation:
Decoction
Function:
Warms the Lungs, Strengthens the Stomach, clears Cold
Use:
Cold extremities, excess salivation, irritable, dizziness, frequent Urination; Pale, wet tongue with weak or deep and slow pulse. This can be used for 2 different syndromes:
A. Stomach Cold and Weakness.
B. Lung atrophy from Cold and weakness of the Spleen and Stomach.
1. Chronic Gastritis
2. Peptic Ulcers
3. Enuresis, Urinary Incontinence
4. Allergic Rhinitis
5. Emphysema.
6. Pulmonary Tuberculosis
7. Metrorrhagia
Dose:
The above in taken in three equal doses over the coarse of the day
Cautions:
Not for Heat conditions
Modifications:
1. When Atractylodes Bai Zhu and Ginseng are added, it forms Li Zhong Wan. This is more suitaed for cases with deficiency.
2. Abdominal pain from excess Cold, add Galangal and Cinnamon
3. Bleeding due to Cold, replace Ginger with Blast-fried Ginger (Pao Jiang)
4. Pulmonary Tuberculosis:
i. Poria Fu Ling, Pinellia Ban Xia, Apricot kernel (Xing Ren)
ii. with Qi deficiency, add Astragalus Huang Qi, Atractylodes Bai Zhu, Apricot kernel (Xing Ren)
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