Enhanced Atractylodes and Cinnamon Decoction

Enhanced Atractylodes and Cinnamon Decoction,When Yang fails to ascend, and cold pathogens in the Kidney meridian are excessively severe—manifesting as false heat above and true cold below—this leads to sudden obstruction at the Guān point, with both urination and defecation blocked and obstructed. The patient craves and drinks cold water, but vomits shortly thereafter; drinking more results in further vomiting. The face is flushed and the lips parched; not even a grain of rice can pass into the stomach. Drinking one cup results in vomiting one and a half cups, and the pulse is deep and hidden.

Formulas Name : Enhanced Atractylodes and Cinnamon Decoction

Chinese Name : 加味术桂汤

Drug Formulation

1 liang Atractylodes macrocephala, 1 qian Cinnamomum cassia, 1 fen Glycyrrhiza uralensis, 2 qian Panax ginseng, 1 qian Clove.

Source

*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.

Benefits

When Yang fails to ascend, and cold pathogens in the Kidney meridian are excessively severe—manifesting as false heat above and true cold below—this leads to sudden obstruction at the Guān point, with both urination and defecation blocked and obstructed. The patient craves and drinks cold water, but vomits shortly thereafter; drinking more results in further vomiting. The face is flushed and the lips parched; not even a grain of rice can pass into the stomach. Drinking one cup results in vomiting one and a half cups, and the pulse is deep and hidden.

Instructions for Use

Decoct in water, add half a bowl of human urine, test for coolness, and administer. Relief is achieved after one dose.

Enhanced Atractylodes and Cinnamon Decoction,*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.,When Yang fails to ascend, and cold pathogens in the Kidney meridian are excessively severe—manifesting as false heat above and true cold below—this leads to sudden obstruction at the Guān point, with both urination and defecation blocked and obstructed. The patient craves and drinks cold water, but vomits shortly thereafter; drinking more results in further vomiting. The face is flushed and the lips parched; not even a grain of rice can pass into the stomach. Drinking one cup results in vomiting one and a half cups, and the pulse is deep and hidden.

More Herbs Formulas

Qingqi Decoction

Qingqi Decoction,*Dongyi Baojian: Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 3.,For cases where summer heat has injured the original qi, resulting in fever, profuse sweating, and loss of strength, with a fine, weak, and slow pulse.

Bone-Mending Black Gold Powder

Bone-Mending Black Gold Powder,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 8.,

Yulu Tongzhen Pills

Yulu Tongzhen Pills,From *Effective Formulas for Women*, Volume 2, citing *Experienced Formulas for Women*.,Various gynecological disorders.

Light Muscle Powder

Light Muscle Powder,From *Wei Ji Bao Shu*, Volume 2.,Swelling and pain in scrofula.

Wart-Removing Decoction

Wart-Removing Decoction,*Effective Prescriptions Based on Experience*.,Moldy hemorrhoids.

Deer Soup

Deer Soup,From *The Prescriptions of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives*, Volume 1.,The meat from the head treats restlessness and frequent dreaming; the hooves treat soreness in the feet and knees; and the blood treats pulmonary atrophy with hemoptysis, as well as metrorrhagia and leukorrhea.

Ten-Ingredient Powder

Ten-Ingredient Powder,From *Ye’s Record of Verified Prescriptions*, cited in Volume 20 of *Collected Medical Formulas*.,For stroke-induced blood deficiency with arm pain extending to the tendons and bones, making movement difficult, and for damp-bi syndrome causing pain throughout the body.

Appetite-Restoring Formula

Appetite-Restoring Formula,*Ji Feng*, Volume 12.,

Jiaxiang Powder

Jiaxiang Powder,From *Shenghui*, Volume 57.,For swelling and sores caused by the venom of the arrow-toad.

Tangerine and Garlic Pills

Tangerine and Garlic Pills,From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 4.,Fullness and distension in the chest and abdomen.

Da Chi Decoction

Da Chi Decoction,Formula from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 16); name cited in *Qian Jin Yi* (Vol. 18).,Qi-induced syncope, vomiting and retching to the point of being unable to breathe, and cholera.

Wind-Dispelling Tianma Decoction

Wind-Dispelling Tianma Decoction,From *The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 8.,For physical weakness and spleen-stomach deficiency following vomiting and diarrhea.

Gui-Fu Decoction

Gui-Fu Decoction,*The Secret Treasury of the Orchid Chamber*, Middle Volume.,Foul-smelling leukorrhea, accompanied by frequent sadness and melancholy. This indicates extreme deficiency of yang qi and a syndrome of severe cold, with prolonged, unceasing discharge that flows downward, white and slippery like snot.

Da Yizhi Powder

Da Yizhi Powder,From *Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 5.,Restlessness of the mind and spirit, with forgetfulness and slurred speech.

Wood Fragrance and Areca Nut Powder

Wood Fragrance and Areca Nut Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 71.,Stagnant qi that fails to disperse leads to the formation of a hidden “Bentun” (a type of abdominal distension). When it manifests, it surges upward toward the heart and chest, causing shortness of breath, retching, bone weakness, and low vital energy.

Miraculous Ointment for Treating All Types of Wind Disorders

Miraculous Ointment for Treating All Types of Wind Disorders,*The Divine Formulas from Bian Que’s Heart Book*.,For all types of wind-related disorders.

Gankui Decoction

Gankui Decoction,From *The New Book on Infant Care*, Volume 14, citing *Zhuang’s Family Tradition*.,In spring, when epidemic pathogens are about to arise, symptoms include chest congestion, aversion to wind, phlegm-induced cough, dizziness, nasal congestion, and a sense of oppression.

Lotus Seed Heart Fire-Clearing Decoction

Lotus Seed Heart Fire-Clearing Decoction,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.,Constitutional deficiency of heart qi, aggravated by intense fire in the pericardium, leading to nocturnal emissions, impotence, premature ejaculation, daily nocturnal emissions, and eventually emissions even without dreams; sallow complexion, emaciation, spontaneous sweating, and night sweats.

Tianma Powder

Tianma Powder,From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 24), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.,Wind-induced heart disorder.

Twenty-Six-Ingredient Peony Decoction Pills

Twenty-Six-Ingredient Peony Decoction Pills,From *Bo Ji*, Volume 4.,For women suffering from blood stagnation, blood masses rising to the chest, wandering blood clots, pain in the heart and chest, deficiency-cold in the Blood Sea, distension below the navel, fullness and oppression in the lower abdomen, weakness in the legs and knees, heaviness and fatigue in the … Read more

Snake-Bite Ointment

Snake-Bite Ointment,From *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 8.,For abscesses and swellings, stagnant blood from traumatic injuries, postpartum blood stasis, various disorders of the ears and eyes, and “ox-jaw” and “saddle” sores.

Family-Transmitted Baohe Pills for Treating Dysentery

Family-Transmitted Baohe Pills for Treating Dysentery,*Secrets of Infant Care*, Volume 3.,For pediatric dysentery where residual stool remains, chronic dysentery that has not yet been purged, or cases where purgation is contraindicated due to spleen deficiency.

Instant Toothache Relief Pills (Jian Dan)

Instant Toothache Relief Pills (Jian Dan),From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Auspicious People*.,Toothache.

Turtle Shell Decoction (Variant)

Turtle Shell Decoction (Variant),*Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 7.,Chronic malaria that does not resolve, accompanied by fullness and distension under the flanks, emaciation, abdominal masses, and intermittent chills and fever—this is known as “malaria mother.”

Small Asafoetida Pills

Small Asafoetida Pills,From *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 3.,Food stagnation; meat stagnation; food stagnation in children presenting with a spider-like distension of the abdomen, abdominal pain, and cloudy white urine; abdominal distension in children; and phlegm-fluid accumulation.