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Zai Zao San 再造散
Renewal Powder


Tradition:
TCM

Source / Author:
Six Texts on Cold Induced Disorders (Shang Han Liu Shu)

Herb Name
Huang Qi 黄芪 (Astragalus)
Ren Shen 人参 (Ginseng)
Zhi Fu Zi
制附子 (Processed Aconite) Gui Zhi 桂枝 (Cinnamon twig)
Xi Xin
细⾟ (Chinese Asarum)
Qiang Huo
羌活 (Notopterygium) Chuan Xiong 川芎 (Sichuan lovage) Fang Feng 防⻛ (Saposhnikovia)
Chi Shao Yao ⾚芍药 (Red Peony) *
Gan Cao
甘草 (Licorice)
Sheng Jiang
生姜 (fresh Ginger) **
Da Zao
大枣 (Jujube fruit)

Latin
Astragalus membranaceus
Panax ginseng

Aconitum carmichaeli
Cinnamomum cassia

Asarum heterotropoides Notopterygium incisum
Ligusticum chuanxiong Saposhnikovia divaricata
Paeonia lacti
flora

Glycyrrhiza uralensis
Zingiber o
fficinale
Ziziphus jujuba

Amount
6 grams









3 grams each
2 pieces

* Chi Shao Yao should be Dry-fried for use in this formula
** Fresh Ginger was required to be roasted in the original text. This is not normally done today.

Preparation:
Powder.
The powder is usually prepared as a decoction with fresh Ginger and Jujubes.

Function:
Tonifies Yang and Qi, clears the exterior, promotes Sweating

Use:
1. Slight fever, strong Chills, no sweat, headache, cold extremities, fatigue, pale, pale tongue with a white coat and a forceless or floating and forceless pulse.
2. Cold or Flu in the weak or elderly
3. Rheumatic Fever


Dose:
A cupful 2 or 3 times daily, keeping warm afterwards to induce sweat

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:
1. Muscle and Joint pain, add Angelica Du Huo, and Loranthus Sang Ji Sheng.
2. Codonopsis Dang Shen normally replaces Ginseng; Paeonia Bai Shao is the type of Peony normally used today.


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This was traditionally used for exterior conditions (Wind-Cold attack) with marked Yang deficiency (Coldness). In such cases, inducing sweating with the likes of Ma Huang Tang (Ephedra Decoction) was said to potentially be fatal.
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