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【Flower of Kudzuvine Drunk-Relieving Decoction】
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Chinese Medicinal Material
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【Chinese Name】 |
葛花解酲湯
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【Phonetic】 |
Ge Hua Jie Cheng Tang
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【English Name】 |
Flower of Kudzuvine Drunk-Relieving Decoction |
【Classification】 |
Digestive formulas |
【Source】 |
《Clarifying Doubts about Damage from Internal and External Causes》Nei Wai Shang Bian Huo Lun《內外傷辨惑論》 |
【Combination】 |
Aucklandiae Radix (Mu Xiang) 5 fen (1.5g), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Ren Shen) 1 qian 5 fen (4.5g), Polyporus (Zhu Ling) 1 qian 5 fen (4.5g), Poria (Fu Ling) 1 qian 5 fen (4.5g), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Ju Pi) 1 qian 5 fen (4.5g), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Bai Zhu) 2 qian (6g), Zingiberis Rhizoma (Gan Jiang) 2 qian (6g), Medicata Massa Fermentata (Shen Qu chao huang; dry-fried until yellow) 2 qian (6g), Alismatis Rhizoma (Ze Xie) 2 qian (6g), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride (Qing Pi) 3 fen (1g), Amomi Fructus (Sha Ren) 5 qian (15g), Amomi Kravanh Fructus (Bai Dou Kou) 5 qian (15g), Puerariae Lobatae Flos (Ge Hua) 5 qian (15g) |
【Method】 |
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and mix together. Take 9g as a draft with warm water. It may also be prepared as a decoction for oral ingestion using the medicinals in the original proportion. |
【Action】 |
Promotes urination and disperses to separate and remove the invisible alcohol-dampness pathogenic accumulation, regulates qi and fortifies the spleen. |
【Indication】 |
This formula is indicated for spleen damage due to alcohol accumulation, marked by dizziness, vomiting, fullness and oppression of the chest and diaphragm, aversion to food, tiredness, dysuria, loose stool, a greasy tongue coating, and a slippery pulse. |
【Pathogenesis】 |
Ge Hua Jie Cheng Tang is formulated to treat spleen damage caused by excessive alcohol consumption. This pattern is characterized by damage to the middle jiao by alcohol accumulation that creates dampness and impairs the spleen and stomach. Alcohol has a hot, drastic nature, therefore, the dampness generates into damp-heat that easily disturbs the upper jiao and accumulates in the middle. There it impairs the ascending and descending functions of the spleen and stomach resulting in vomiting and diarrhea. Impaired spleen transformation and transportation may result in an aversion to food and tiredness. Qi stagnation due to dampness blockage results in fullness and oppression of chest and diaphragm, dysuria, greasy tongue coating and a slippery pulse. The damp-heat in this pattern may also be referred to as alcohol-dampness. Alcohol-dampness is an invisible damp pathogen; therefore, the therapeutic methods necessary to remedy the pattern are:
- disperse and promote urination to separate and remove the invisible alcohol-dampness pathogenic accumulation
- regulate the qi and fortify the spleen
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【Application】 |
1. Essential pattern differentiation Ge Hua Jie Cheng Tang serves as the common formula applicable to spleen damage caused by alcoholism. This clinical pattern is marked by dizziness, vomiting, fullness and oppression of the chest and diaphragm, aversion to food, dysuria. 2. Modern applications This formula may be applied to the intoxicated and for alcoholism. 3. Cautions and contraindications It is inadvisable for long-term consumption because this formula may consume qi and damage the liquids. |
【Remark】 |
1. Aucklandia lappa is listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix I. This speice is highly protected and the wild specice for commercial trade purposes is banned. 2. Ginseng |
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