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Gan Mai Da Zao Tang 甘麦大枣汤
Licorice, Wheat and Jujube Decoction
Licorice, Wheat and Jujube Decoction
Tradition:
TCM
Source / Author:
Essentials from the Golden Cabinet (c. 220 CE)
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Preparation:
Decoction
Function:
Moves Liver Qi, Nourishes Heart Blood.
Use:
Red tongue, little coating with as thin, rapid pulse
1. Irritability
2. talking to oneself, talking nonsense
3. constantly sad, crying
4. Depression, Postpartum Depression
5. Mental illness, absurd behavior
6. Sleep disturbance
7. Hysteria
8. Menopausal syndrome
9. Neurosis
10. Phobias
11. Postpartum Palpitations
13. Severe Sweating Postpartum
14. PMS.
Dose:
The above is taken over the coarse of the day in three equal doses
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. Irritability with Heart Yin deficiency, add Lily bulb (Bai He)
2. Irritability with Insomnia with Yin deficiency, add Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang, Lily bulb (Bai He)
3. Insomnia, add Zizyphys semen (Suan Zao Ren)
4. Constipation, add Sesame seed and Cannabis seed
5. Enuresis, add Mantis Egg Case (Sang Piao Xiao) and Dodder seed (Tu Si Zi)
6. Schizophrenia (mild cases), add Cinnamon twig (Gui Zhi), Fossil Bones (Long Gu), Oyster shell (Mu Li)
7. Schizophrenia (more severe cases) add Rhubarb (Da Huang), Fossil Bones (Long Gu), Oyster shell (Mu Li)
8. Palpitation with Fear with Qi deficiency, add Ginseng, Astragalus Huang Qi
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