Gancao Ganjiang Tang

Gancao Ganjiang Tang

Three qian of licorice, two qian of dried ginger, one qian of five-flavor berry.

Licorice is roasted to enhance its tonifying effect, while dried ginger turns black and also helps stop bleeding. The combination of these two herbs is pungent and sweet, strengthening yang qi and spreading it throughout the body, allowing blood to circulate smoothly without stagnation. However, five-flavor berry has the effect of contracting lung qi, preventing it from rising, thus stopping qi from turning into blood. Anyone with yang deficiency and spleen failing to control blood should find this formula effective. But blood is yin juice, and blood deficiency means yin deficiency. Dry formulas are often avoided, so we must carefully examine the pulse and symptoms; only if it is truly a case of yin deficiency can this formula be used.

[Note] The formula comes from "Shanghan Lun." It is mainly used to treat collapse caused by yang deficiency and spleen failing to control blood, and the effect is very good.

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