Ginseng, Licorice, Ginger, and Jujube Decoction

Ginseng, Licorice, Ginger, and Jujube Decoction,In cases of pathogenic factors being robust and the vital energy being deficient, if purgation is indicated, it should be administered first. In cases of severe qi deficiency with robust pathogenic factors, the patient exhibits shortness of breath and rapid breathing, slight coldness in the extremities, constipation lasting over 10 days, frequent flatulence, abdominal distension and discomfort, restlessness and anxiety when agitated, tremors in the hands and feet, and, when calm, talking to oneself as if seeing ghosts.The patient may grope for clothing or the bed; the tongue is pale red, with a delicate and thin coating in the anterior and middle sections and a gray, greasy, and putrid coating at the root; although the pulse at the cun position is faint, the deep positions at both shao positions are conversely firm.

Formulas Name : Ginseng, Licorice, Ginger, and Jujube Decoction

Chinese Name : 参草姜枣汤

Drug Formulation

3 qian of Biezhi Ginseng, 1 qian of roasted licorice root, 5 fen of fresh ginger, and 4 large red dates.

Source

*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.

Benefits

In cases of pathogenic factors being robust and the vital energy being deficient, if purgation is indicated, it should be administered first. In cases of severe qi deficiency with robust pathogenic factors, the patient exhibits shortness of breath and rapid breathing, slight coldness in the extremities, constipation lasting over 10 days, frequent flatulence, abdominal distension and discomfort, restlessness and anxiety when agitated, tremors in the hands and feet, and, when calm, talking to oneself as if seeing ghosts.The patient may grope for clothing or the bed; the tongue is pale red, with a delicate and thin coating in the anterior and middle sections and a gray, greasy, and putrid coating at the root; although the pulse at the cun position is faint, the deep positions at both shao positions are conversely firm.

Ginseng, Licorice, Ginger, and Jujube Decoction,*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.,In cases of pathogenic factors being robust and the vital energy being deficient, if purgation is indicated, it should be administered first. In cases of severe qi deficiency with robust pathogenic factors, the patient exhibits shortness of breath and rapid breathing, slight coldness in the extremities, constipation lasting over 10 days, frequent flatulence, abdominal distension and discomfort, restlessness and anxiety when agitated, tremors in the hands and feet, and, when calm, talking to oneself as if seeing ghosts.The patient may grope for clothing or the bed; the tongue is pale red, with a delicate and thin coating in the anterior and middle sections and a gray, greasy, and putrid coating at the root; although the pulse at the cun position is faint, the deep positions at both shao positions are conversely firm.

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