Formula

Category	Jie Biao Ji 解表劑
Sub Category	Xin Wen 辛溫
Name	Gui Zhi Tang 桂枝湯 Cinnamon Twig Decoction
Pharma Effect	This formula 1) is anti-viral, with anti-inflammatory propensities, 2) regulates body temperature, 3) regulates the secretion of sweat glands, 4) is a sedative, acts as an anodyne, 5) improves the immunity propensity for people with poorly constituted imm
Function	Releases pathogenic influences from the muscle layer and regulates the nutritive and protective qi.
Clinic Usage	"This formula is for externally contracted wind-cold leading to an exterior cold-deficient condition. Symptoms include fever and chills unrelieved by sweating, headache, aversion to wind, a moist, white-coated tongue, and an erratic, weak pulse. Modern pr
Cautions	Use with caution if patients present sweating or bleeding.

Category	Li Qi Ji 理氣劑
Sub Category	Xing Qi 行氣
Name	Zhi Shi Xie Bai Gui Zhi Tang 枳實薤白桂枝湯 Immature Bitter Orange, Chinese Chive, and Cinnamon Twig Decoction
Pharma Effect
Function	Unblocks the yang, dissipates clumps, expels phlegm and directs the qi downward.
Clinic Usage	This formula is for painful obstruction of the chest, or a stabbing pain that radiates from the chest to the back, wheezing, coughing, a stifling sensation as if air is flowing from hypochondria to the area around the heart, a white, greasy tongue coating
Cautions	Modern practitioners often use this formula for disorders such as angina pectoris.