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Cinnamon Twig Decoction Plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell
Cinnamon Twig Decoction Plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell
| SKU | KAH102-8 | |
| Brand | Alembic Herbals by Kan | |
| Unit Size | 8 oz. | |
| Dosage | As directed | |
| Potency | 7:1 | |
| Properties | Soothes feelings of occasional anxiety and stress while promoting restful sleep. Aids in relieving sexual disharmony, with exhaustion. In men, assists occasional depletion due to excessive sexual activity; and in women, balances excessively sexual dreams, as well as easing occasional night sweats, insomnia, and lower abdominal discomfort. Supports low back suppleness, warms the extremities. Supports digestive health | |
| Chinese Symptomology | sweating, tiredness, poor and dream disturbed sleep, occasional sensation of dizziness, cold sensation in genitals, seminal loss during sleep. Useful for menopausal complaints such as hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia with dream-disturbed sleep, lower abdominal pain and diarrhea. | |
| Actions | Warms Yang and dissipates Cold, supplements and warms Cold and vacuity in the lower Burner, resolves seminal loss and enuresis, astringes the Jing/Essence, harmonizes the Shao yin/Heart and Kidney, and calms the Shen/Spirit. | |
| Pattern | Zhen Yin/true Yin and Zhen Yang/true Yang vacuity, lack of communication between the Heart and Kidney. | |
| Tongue | Pale tongue body with thin white coating. | |
| Pulse | Hollow, scallion-stalk and stirring, or faint. | |
| Chinese name | Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang | |
| English name | Cinnamon Twig Decoction Plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell | |
| Description | "This formula was originally developed by Dr. Zhang Zhong Jing in the famous herbal text Jin qui yao lue/Essentials from the Golden Cabinet. It was designed for xu lao/Vacuity taxation, with loss of blood or seminal emission with cold genitals. It has been expanded in its use over time to include treatment of all types of Yin or Yang deficiency with disturbances of shen and leaking of vitality through sweat, diarrhea, seminal loss, etc. The combination of Gui Zhi (Chinese cinnamon) and Bai Shao (White peony) regulates the wei qi/defense qi and ying qi/construction qi and restores normal communication between the heart and kidney, yin and yang. Gui Zhi is warm and acrid, warming the yang and strengthening the defense qi, Bai shao is cool and sour, nourishing the construction qi and Gan jiang pi (Dried ginger) and Hong zao (Red jujube) warm and nourish the spleen and stomach and harmonize the middle burner, long gu (Dragon bone) and Duan mu li (Oyster shell) settle the yang, nourish the yin, restrain sweating and loss of semen, calm the shen and the hun/ethereal soul. ...Zhi gan cao (Honey-fried Chinese licorice) nourishes the construction qi, the spleen and stomach, the middle-burner, and harmonizes the prescription."* --Z'ev Rosenberg: Clinical Guide for Practitioners. | |
| Ingredients | Long gu sheng - Dragon bone; Duan mu li - Oyster shell; Gui zhi - Chinese cinnamon twig; Bai shao - White peony root; Sheng jiang pi - Dried ginger peel; Zhi gan cao - Chinese licorice root (honey-fried); Hong zao - Red jujube fruit | |
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