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formula
Licorice and Jujube C.
chinese formulae

definition

Licorice and Jujube C. = Gan Mai Da Zao Tang = "Licorice, Wheat, and Jujube Decoction"
sources: Bensky and Barolet, p. 383; Hsu, 1980, p. 347; Yeung, p. 102.
signs and symptoms: Disorientation, hysteria, nervousness, melancholy, crying spells, inability to control oneself, insomnia, restless sleep (sometimes with night sweats), frequent bouts of yawning; often with a history of excessive anxiety or pensiveness or recurrent blood loss.
tongue and pulse: red tongue with a sparse coating, and thin, rapid pulse.
indications: Heart Yin Xu (Deficiency) with Liver Qi Stagnation and Spleen Qi Xu (Deficiency). With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as hysteria, nervous exhaustion, neurosis, insomnia, night crying, epilepsy, chorea, sleep-walking, spasmodic cough, gastrointestinal spasms, uterine cramping, menopausal syndrome, and enuresis.
cautions and contraindications:
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 30 grams: light wheat (fu xiao mai).
» 10 grams: jujube (da zao).
» 9 grams: licorice (gan cao).
modifications:
» for irritability with a sensation of heat in the chest, add lily (bai he) and biota seed (bai zi ren).
» for palpitations, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, a swollen, tooth-marked tongue, and a thin, frail pulse, take with Ginseng and Longan C. (Gui Pi Tang).
» for insomnia with a thin, wiry pulse from Liver Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency), add zizyphus (suan zao ren).
» for constipation, add sesame (hei zhi ma) and fleeceflower root (he shou wu).
» for enuresis, add mantis egg-case (sang piao xiao), alpinia (yi zhi ren) and cuscuta (tu si zi).




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