Guizhi - Any corrections needed?

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Hi All,

 

Jason wrote:

> ... But were does guizhi go? A few weeks ago someone said they

> thought guizhi was a guide to HT. I ... disagree, due to its use

> in rxs that do not go to HT… In wulingsan it is working on BL, one

> of the reasons that I think it is said to work on BL. I really

> think that most herb's channel attributes are murky, and really

> just some reflection of the organ(s) that they operate on within

> given formulas contexts. i.e. in many situations guizhi will go to

> HT, but not always. AS Bensky says guizhi `tong yang' – This is

> its function (opens the free flow of yang) that is it.. Where ever

> the other herbs take it (meaning the context) is where it will tong

> yang. So, IMO, it would be misleading to throw guizhi into a Rx

> thinking it will go to heart channel and open the yang qi of chest,

> without fully taking into consideration the other herbs. And then

> you wonder why an herb that is clearly working on ST, does not

> enter ST Channel… (or maybe that is just in that given book)… There

> is so much controversy that as a whole the topic seems hard to

> apply to the clinic…

 

My notes (from data on WWW) say:

 

Herb: Guizhi**; Gui; Kueichih, Kuei; (See: Rougui); Rml

Cinnamomi; Cinnamomi Cassiae Rml, Loureiru?? Rml; Cinnamon

Twig/Cassia Twig

 

Class: Release Surface~Make Sweat~Acrid/Spicy-Warm; Expel

Wind+Expel Cold; Warm Interior;

 

TCM Actions: (1) Release Surface~Acrid~Warm* & Make Sweat;

Expel Cold; Expel Damp; Expel Wind; Warm/Free Jingluo; Warm

Jingluo; Antiarthralgic; Antiarthritis; Expel EPFs from Muscle;

Relax Muscle+Tendon; Antispasmodic; Antifever/Antipyretic;

Anticough; Antimicrobial; Antibacterial; Antiviral; (2) Release

Surface~Acrid~Warm*; Warm/Build Qi; Warm/Build Yang*~Warm

Channels; Build KI Yang; Warm/Build Yang Qi; Nourish HT Yang;

Antipain; (3) Move Xue Stasis; Emmenagogue; Rectify

Menstruation; Spasmolytic; (4) Warm/Build SJM-SP-ST; Expel

SJM-SP-ST Cold; Build SP Yang; Warm/Build SJM-SP-ST;

Appetiser; (5) Build Yang; Move Qi/Yang Qi; Diuretic; Ease

urination frequency??; Warm BL??; Move BL Qi; (6) Move Qi/Yang

Qi; Move Qi/Yang Qi in chest;: Move Qi Stasis in chest; Move HT

Xue Stasis; Vasodilator~Peripheral; Antiplatelet-Aggregation;

Anticoagulant/Antithrombus; (7) Other: Build LU Qi; Downbear

Rising Qi; Sedative; Calming; Anticonvulsant; Build Muscle &

Bone; Antipain;

 

Has: volatile oil that congests uterus

 

Nature: Acrid, Sweet, Warm; Guizhi is from branches & Rougui is

thick Cx of Cinnamon tree

 

Channels: HT, LU, BL

 

Dose: As Soup: 3-10g/d; As pills/tablets: up to 9g/dose

 

CI: pregnancy

 

Indications: (1) Make Sweat in Surface Attack by Wind & Cold

EPFs & Wind Damp Cold Bi (common EPFs in arthralgia) w

common Cold, headache, fever, Cold-aversion etc w/wo sweat; w

Baishao to mediate Ying & Wei Ying Xu & Wei Xu in Surface

Attack~Xu type/Weiqi Xu type w fever, sweat~spontaneous,

arthralgia & numbness;; w Mahuang for stronger mutual action in

Surface Attack~Shi type w fever wo sweat; fever~vaccine-induced;

(2) w Antirheumatic Hbs like Qianghuo, Fangfeng & Baishao, Rx

Aconiti Prep, Baizhu & Zhimu in Wind Cold Damp Bi w arthralgia of

Limbs~upper, i.e. w Fuzi in Surface Attack by Cold Wind, & Yang

Xu in Surface; w Huangqi/Hedysari, Baishao etc in blood DysFx w

Bi/arthralgia, extremity~numbness; w Baishao, maltose etc in ST

Cold Attack w epigastric~pain/abdomen~pain; w Danggui,

Baishao, Chuanxiong, Taoren, Mudanpi etc (Hbs to Move Xue

Stasis~Rectify Menstruation) in Xue Stasis in Cold Attack/ Cold

Stasis w menstrual irregularity/menstrual DysFx, amenorrhoea,

menorrhalgia, abdomen~pain; w Baizhu & Fuling in LU Damp

Phlegm Retention & LU Qi Stasis w cough & sputum~watery; w

Baizhu, Fuling, Gancao in HT Yang Xu+SP Yang Xu w vertigo &

HT~palpitation & in Phlegm Retention w cough; w Fuling, Zhuling,

Zexie etc in BL Xu/BL DysFx w urination DysFx, dysuria &

oedema; w Gualou, Xiebai for angina pectoris/thoracic pain; w

Gancao, Renshen, Ejiao etc to Build Chest Yang & Restore normal

pulse in HT~palpitation w knotted/intermittent pulse; w Gancao in

HT Qi Xu w HT~palpitation, HT~precordial pain & pulse irregular,

slow & intermittent; Channels Cold in Channel Bi in Wind Damp

in Surface & w Surface Yang Xu w arthritis; RA pain; arthritis

pain; gout; articular rheumatism of shoulder, arm & knee; back

pain; lumbago; Sciatica; sensations of heaviness in body; limb

pain, limb/leg~numbness, limbs~cold/weak; Xue Xu with

anaemia, weakness Xu~Surface in Wind Cold Damp Bi; (3) Xue

Stasis w Xue Xu Cold, w menstrual irregularity, amenorrhoea, colic

& abdomen~fullness; abdomen~pain; abdomen~mass; (4) SJM-

SP-ST DysFx; SJM-SP-ST Xu Cold w diarrhoea; epigastric

pain~vague eased by Warmth & pressure; (5) Yang Qi Stasis &

Water Retention in HT Xu & SP Xu w back~cold feeling/Cold-

aversion, hypochondrium~distension, cough, dyspnoea & vertigo;

BL Qi Stasis w prostatitis/BPH; dysuria & oedema; (6) Chest Bi;

Qi Stasis in chest/ HT Xue Stasis w HT DysFx;

HT~palpitation;chest~pain; angina; (7) Other: LU Qi Xu w chill &

fever; Phlegm Cold; Common Cold; muscle spasm;

muscle~weak & bones~weak; oedema; ischaemia~peripheral; Qi

Rising w irritation, annoyed easily, flushing up; headache

 

Any errors, corrections, or additions needed here?

Best regards,

 

 

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>

> My notes (from data on WWW) say:

>

> Herb: Guizhi**; Gui; Kueichih, Kuei; (See: Rougui); Rml

> Cinnamomi; Cinnamomi Cassiae Rml, Loureiru?? Rml; Cinnamon

> Twig/Cassia Twig

 

phil,

 

looks like a interesting resource, what is the website? Otherwise I

am unsure of the meaning of the post? can you elaborate on your

point? Or was there none... thanx,

 

-Jason