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Baked Licorice C.
chinese formulae

definition

Baked Licorice C. = Zhi Gan Cao Tang = "Honey-Fried Licorice Decoction"
sources: Hsu, 1980, p. 529; Yeung, p. 291, Dharmananda, p. 247; Bensky and Barolet, p. 257.
signs and symptoms: Palpitations with anxiety, irritability, fatigue, insomnia, night sweats and/or spontaneous sweating, coarse skin, emaciation, shortness of breath, constipation, dry mouth and throat.
tongue and pulse: Pale, shiny tongue or red tongue, and pulse which is irregular, or thin, faint, and forceless.
indications: Qi and Xue (Blood) Xu (Deficiency). With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as anemia, anxiety, neurasthenia, hyperthyroidism, pulmonary tuberculosis, emphysema, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, palpitations, mitral stenosis, mitral valve prolapse, rheumatic heart disease, and postpartum fever.
cautions and contraindications: Modify in cases with Heat from Yin Xu (Deficiency) or where there is diarrhea.
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 15 grams: fresh rehmannia (sheng di huang).
» 9 grams: honey-baked licorice (gan cao), linum (huo ma ren).
» 6 grams: ophiopogon (mai men dong), gelatin (e jiao), cinnamon twig (gui zhi), fresh ginger (sheng jiang).
» 3 grams: ginseng (ren shen), jujube (da zao).
modifications:
» for nosebleed due to Yin Xu (Deficiency), increase the dosage of raw rehmannia (sheng di huang) and ophiopogon (mai men dong) and add scute (huang qin) and coptis (huang lian).
» for insomnia, substitute zizyphus (suan zao ren) for linum (huo ma ren).
» for severe Lung Yin Xu (Deficiency), omit cinnamon twig (gui zhi) and fresh ginger (sheng jiang) and add lily (bai he) and glehnia (bei sha shen).
» for chest pain, add salvia (dan shen) and persica (tao ren).
» for arrhythmia, add zizyphus (suan zao ren).


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