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rx
formula
Minor Cinnamon and Peony C.
chinese formulae
definition
Minor Cinnamon and Peony C. = Xiao Jian Zhong Tang = "Minor Construct the Middle Decoction"
sources: Bensky and Barolet, p. 222; Hsu, 1980, p. 291; Yeung, p. 259.
signs and symptoms: Abdominal pain and spasms better with warmth and pressure, tendency to fatigue, lusterless complexion, reduced appetite; there may be low-grade fever, nosebleeds, palpitations, irritability, tired extremities, dry mouth, night sweats.
tongue and pulse: pale tongue with a white coating, and thin, wiry, and moderate pulse.
indications: Spleen Qi Xu (Deficiency) with Cold in the Middle Warmer. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as neurasthenia, pernicious anemia, hypoglycemia, fever of unknown origin, leukemia, arthritis, rickets, habitual headache in children, tonsillitis, gastritis, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, chronic hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, constipation or diarrhea in children, enuresis, frequent urination, chronic nephritis; hernias in children, for improving the vitality of children with delicate constitution.
cautions and contraindications: Contraindicated for Heat from Yin Xu (Deficiency).
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 20 grams: maltose (yi tang).
» 10 grams: white peony (bai shao yao).
» 6 grams: cinnamon twig (gui zhi).
» 3 grams: honey-baked licorice (gan cao), fresh ginger (sheng jiang), jujube (da zao).
modifications:
» for more severe Cold, substitute cinnamon bark (rou gui) for cinnamon twig (gui zhi).
» with spontaneous sweating, add astragalus (huang qi).
» for relapse due to consumption of raw or cold food, increase the dosage of cinnamon twig (gui zhi) and add lindera (wu yao).
» for concurrent qi stagnation, add saussurea (mu xiang) and chicken gizzards (ji nei jin).
» for roundworms, reduce the dosage of maltose (yi tang) and white peony (bai shao) and add mume (wu mei).
» for postpartum weakness with abdominal pain and spasms, add Chinese angelica (tang kuei) (dang gui).
» for diarrhea, add white atractylodes (bai zhu).
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