Search for Herbal Teas Recipes by Symptom:

Gansui Tongjie Decoction

Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All references in this article to TCM syndrome differentiation, herbal medicines, teas, and decoctions are intended to promote TCM culture and are provided solely for educational and reference purposes.

Gansui Tongjie Decoction,For severe intestinal obstruction accompanied by abdominal distension and pain, nausea and vomiting, constipation, and significant fluid accumulation in the intestinal lumen.

Formulas Name : Gansui Tongjie Decoction

Chinese Name : 甘遂通结汤

Drug Formulation

0.6–1 g of Gan Sui powder (dissolved in water and taken orally), 9 g of Peach Kernel, 9 g of Wood Fragrance, 9 g of Raw Achyranthes Root, 15 g of Sichuan Magnolia Bark, 15 g of Red Peony Root, and 10–24 g of Rhubarb.

Source

*Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment of Acute Abdominal Conditions*.

Benefits

For severe intestinal obstruction accompanied by abdominal distension and pain, nausea and vomiting, constipation, and significant fluid accumulation in the intestinal lumen.

Note

This formula has a potent and aggressive nature; it is contraindicated for those who are not robust and do not have a substantial pathogenic factor.

Gansui Tongjie Decoction,*Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment of Acute Abdominal Conditions*.,For severe intestinal obstruction accompanied by abdominal distension and pain, nausea and vomiting, constipation, and significant fluid accumulation in the intestinal lumen.

More Herbs Formulas

Agastache and To Li Powder

Agastache and To Li Powder,From *The Book of Nurturing Children*, Volume 2.,For all types of swollen, toxic abscesses and boils, whether already ulcerated or not; as well as for carbuncles spreading throughout the body, and all forms of jaundice—whether internal or external—accompanied by nausea, vomiting, aversion to cold, high fever, and pain day and night.

Tuoli Huangqi Decoction

Tuoli Huangqi Decoction,From *Zhunsheng: Yao Yi* (Treatise on Surgical Medicine), Volume 2.,For abscesses and carbuncles accompanied by severe thirst, fever, diarrhea, or dysuria.

Coptis and White Peony Decoction

Coptis and White Peony Decoction,From *Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.,Taiyin spleen malaria: cold manifests in the extremities; no thirst but frequent vomiting; heat accumulates in the chest and heart region.

Coix and Atractylodes Spasm-Relieving Decoction

Coix and Atractylodes Spasm-Relieving Decoction,*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.,Taiyin Spasmodic Disorder. Caused by exposure to damp-heat, followed by invasion by wind-pathogen, presenting with fever, abdominal pain, muscle tremors, and stiffness and rigidity in the limbs.

Jia-Yi Hua Tu Decoction

Jia-Yi Hua Tu Decoction,*Treatise on Blood Disorders*, Volume 7.,Following bleeding, with spleen yin deficiency, a rapid pulse, fever, sore throat, and hoarseness.

Miraculous and Effective Pills for Fattening Children

Miraculous and Effective Pills for Fattening Children,*Ma Ke Huo Ren* (Essentials of Epidemic Diseases for Saving Lives), Volume 4.,For emaciation with a sallow complexion, or a pale or ashen complexion; diarrhea with poor appetite; abdominal distension; prominent blue veins across the abdomen; or food intolerance with frequent vomiting and diarrhea; urine resembling rice water; and … Read more

Yueju Erchen Pills

Yueju Erchen Pills,*Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 2.,The Six Stagnations: Qi, Dampness, Phlegm, Blood, Heat, and Food.

Toli Qingbu Decoction

Toli Qingbu Decoction,*Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 4.,For smallpox lesions characterized by qi deficiency and stagnation of toxins.

Phlegm-Dampness Pills

Phlegm-Dampness Pills,*Research on Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Common Diseases*.,For chronic cough, shortness of breath, copious thin phlegm, and susceptibility to illness due to exposure to cold; may be used for chronic bronchitis in the elderly.

Heart-Nourishing and Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction

Heart-Nourishing and Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.,Qi deficiency with stomach heat; a history of epileptic seizures; incessant mumbling; frequent episodes of confusion; alternating between shouting and cursing and singing; spitting phlegm resembling that of a centipede.

He Ping Dan

He Ping Dan,*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Yuxian Formula).,For summer heat, dizziness, vertigo, vomiting, watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, and indigestion.

Shufu Decoction

Shufu Decoction,*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 5.,For white dysentery with stools resembling fish jelly that has persisted for a long time.

Paste for Restful Sleep

Paste for Restful Sleep,From *Ren Cun’s Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 293).,For fistulas with unceasing discharge of pus and pain deep within the bone.

Gui Zhi Shi Gao Decoction.

Gui Zhi Shi Gao Decoction.,The formula is from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 9); the name appears in *Huo Ren Shu* (Vol. 17).,In cases of sudden swelling due to cold damage—whether in the limbs, chest, or back—where the swelling is diffuse and puffy like a balloon, or affects the head, face, lips, mouth, neck, and nape; in … Read more

Pancreas-Clearing Tablets

Pancreas-Clearing Tablets,*Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment of Common Surgical Acute Abdominal Conditions*.,Acute edematous pancreatitis.

Tinea Treatment Decoction

Tinea Treatment Decoction,From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Shenyang Formula).,Effective for all types of tinea and itchy, scaly skin lesions.

Fermented Black Soybean Decoction

Fermented Black Soybean Decoction,Formula from *Elbow-Back* (Vol. 3); name cited in *Compendium of Mugwort Collection* (Vol. 2).,For treating mild wind-stroke with uncontrollable limbs.

Phlegm-Resolving Longevity Pill

Phlegm-Resolving Longevity Pill,From *Rumen Shiquin*, Volume 15.,Cough with phlegm and saliva. Stagnation of the heart and spleen due to overwork and wind, with profuse phlegm and saliva, discomfort in the throat, thick and sticky nasal discharge and saliva, throat obstruction and vomiting, loss of appetite, or occasional confusion. Phlegm from alcohol and food stagnation, as … Read more

Cardamom Tip

Cardamom Tip,*Chuanya Bu*, Volume 1.,For malaria.

Scutellaria, Coptis, and Licorice Decoction

Scutellaria, Coptis, and Licorice Decoction,From *Baoming Gejue*, Volume 6.,Pediatric “Big-Head Plague.”

Essence-Consolidating and Vision-Restoring Pills

Essence-Consolidating and Vision-Restoring Pills,From *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 5.,For all types of eye diseases over the years, including internal and external opacities obscuring the cornea, wind-induced corneal ulcers, as well as excessive sticky eye discharge in the elderly and infirm, tearing in the wind or cold, and blurred vision.

Ginseng Tonifying Voice Decoction

Ginseng Tonifying Voice Decoction,From *Records of the Essentials of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 10.,Hoarseness following smallpox.

Baoguang Cooling Powder

Baoguang Cooling Powder,From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Yuxian Formula).,For wind-fire eye ulcers characterized by sudden onset of redness and swelling, eye pain, itching, and photophobia.

Peach Kernel and Safflower Decoction

Peach Kernel and Safflower Decoction,From *Guide to Formulas*, cited in Volume 346 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.,Sudden lower back pain occurring while lochia is actively flowing or has just ceased.

Clove Wine

Clove Wine,*Commentary on the Treatise on Chronic Malaria*.,For chronic malaria that has not healed and has led to consumptive disease.