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Bai Zhi, Gui Zhi, and Chuan Xiong Decoction

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Bai Zhi, Gui Zhi, and Chuan Xiong Decoction,A headache as if the head were splitting, moving from place to place with no fixed location—this occurs after drinking alcohol and sleeping in a draft, where wind-pathogen takes advantage of the rising and falling of alcohol fumes to invade the body.

Formulas Name : Bai Zhi, Gui Zhi, and Chuan Xiong Decoction

Chinese Name : 芷桂川芎汤

Drug Formulation

1 liang of Chuanxiong, 3 qian of Angelica dahurica, 3 fen of Cinnamomum cassia.

Source

From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.

Benefits

A headache as if the head were splitting, moving from place to place with no fixed location—this occurs after drinking alcohol and sleeping in a draft, where wind-pathogen takes advantage of the rising and falling of alcohol fumes to invade the body.

Instructions for Use

Decoct in water and take orally.

Bai Zhi, Gui Zhi, and Chuan Xiong Decoction,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.,A headache as if the head were splitting, moving from place to place with no fixed location—this occurs after drinking alcohol and sleeping in a draft, where wind-pathogen takes advantage of the rising and falling of alcohol fumes to invade the body.

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