Gancao & Yuanzhi are used together in many formulas

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Hi All, & Eric,

 

> Many herbs reduce each others' toxicity and many herbs have opposing

> but complementary actions. None of the main Chinese materia medicas

> indicate that gan cao and yuan zhi share one of the traditional 7

> medicinal relationships, no matter what we want to call them in

> English. They do have complementary and opposing natures, but I was

> just trying to clarify that they aren't traditionally said to be

> incompatible. Eric

 

I agree. In contrast to Gancao & Yuanhua (which should not be used

together), Gancao & Yuanzhi are used together in many traditional and

modern Chinese formulas (see examples below). Also, two forms of

Yuanzhi (Zhiyuanzhi & Miyuanzhi) are specifically prepared by cooking

in Gancao infusion.

 

See: http://tinyurl.com/35tzzu for a poor Google Translation of

detailed data on Yuanzhi. You can improve this translation bu copying

it into Wenlin.

 

http://tinyurl.com/3cqaxk says:

HT & SP Xu: Anxiety, frequent sorrow wo obvious causes, unreasonable

suspicion / fear, palpitation & irritability, insomnia, decreased

appetite, fatigue, thin white tongue coating & feeble pulse; TxP:

Reinforce HT & SP, Nourish Xue & reinforce Qi; Use Guipi Tang

Modified (1): GANCAO 3g, YUANZHI 6g, Baizhu 12g, Fuling 9g, Huangqi

9g, Longyanrou 6g, Suanzaoren 6g, Renshen 6g, Muxiang 9g, Danggui 9g,

Yujin 8g;

 

Also: HT Qixu: Anxiety, palpitation, restlessness, insomnia, terror

dreams, excessive fear, shortness of breath, chest discomfort, sweat,

thin white tongue coating & feeble pulse; TxP: Reinforce HT Qi & Calm

Shen; use: Dingzhi Wan Modified: GANCAO 3g, YUANZHI 9g, Renshen 6g,

Fuling 15g, Shichangpu 6g, Suanzaoren 6g, Wuweizi 6g;

 

Also: HT-KI Disharmony: Anxiety, palpitation, forgetfulness,

dizziness, tinnitus (ringing in ears), feverish sensation in palms &

soles, restlessness, poor sleep, red tongue & thin rapid pulse; TxP:

Regain harmony between HT & KI; use: Tianwang Buxin Dan Modified:

GANCAO 3g, YUANZHI 9g, Shengdi 12g, Fuling 15g, Longyanrou 9g,

Suanzaoren 6g, Renshen 6g, Danggui 12g, Xuanshen 9g, Wuweizi 6g,

Tiandong 6g, Danshen 9g;

 

http://tinyurl.com/2og9kw says:

HT & SP Xu: Anorexia may cause a Xu of HT & SP, which in turn may

cause a fast HTbeat, poor memory, general lazziness, a pale comlexion

& loose faeces; tongue is usually pale, w a thin white coating, while

pulse is feeble & thready; TxP: HM helps reinforce HT & SP, Nourish

Xue & Calm Shen; use: Guipi Tang Modified (2): YUANZHI 3g, GANCAO 8g,

Baizhu 30g, Fuling 30g, Huangqi 30g, Longyanrou 30g, Suanzaoren 30g,

Renshen 15g, Muxiang 15g, Danggui 3g;

 

Also: Qizhi & ST Heat: Anorexia / bulimia w palpitation (noticeable /

irregular HT beat), easily frightened patient, restlessness, dream-

disturbed sleep that often wakens patient, thin white tongue coating,

rapid thready pulse; TxP: Calm HT & mind & sedate patient; use:

Modified Zhusha Anshen Wan: GANCAO 16g, YUANZHI 9g; Zhusha [bANNED]

15g, Zhizi 9g, Huanglian 9g, Shengdihuang 8g, Danggui 9g, Wuweizi 9g;

 

 

In HT Xu + Qixu, use Hbs to Tone HT & Nourish Qi: Renshen + YUANZHI,

Longyanrou & ZhiGANCAO;

 

Guipi Wan (Activate SP ( & Nourish HT) Pill): Baizhu, Fuling, Huangqi,

Longyanrou, Suanzaoren, Renshen, Muxiang, GANCAO, Danggui, YUANZHI;

Tone Qi & Tone Xue; (2) Strengthen SP & HT; Dual SP-KI Xu & Weakness,

Qixu & Xuexu, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, subcutaneous bleeding dt

failure of SP to keep Xue circulating within Vessels*; HT Xuexu w HT

not Housing Shen (palpitation, insomnia, anxiety, nightmares, sweat~

night); Xuexu w HT Yang flowing out (sweat~ night); SP Qixu &

weakness (lassitude, appetite~ poor); Xuexu + Qixu (face sallow, T:

pale w Fur thin & white; P: thready & weak pulse); SP Qixu & weakness

w SP not controlling Xue (cycle~ short, menses w increased Xue volume

light red in color; Functional uterine bleeding); Applications:

menses~ irregular, metrorrhagia, functional uterine bleeding, anemia

& neurasthenia; Digestive & Aid Absorption, Strengthen metabolism,

consolidate constitution by Nourish body, Rectify / Calm Brainh /

cerebrum, Boost ST-SI-LI peristalsis; Ease Diarrhoea; modify to Tx

autonomic DysFxs, menopausal Pattern, cardiac neurosis, insomnia,

amnesia, anemia, thrombocytopenia, hypoproteinemia, chronic

gastroenteritis, nervous gastritis, uterine functional bleeding that

are ascribed to Insufficiency of both SP & HT; Dose: 8 X 160mg pills

/dose TID

 

Guipi Tang (Activate SP ( & Nourish HT) Dec): GANCAO 8g; YUANZHI 3g;

Huangqi 30g; Renshen 15g; Baizhu 30g; Fuling 30g; Longyanrou 30g;

Danggui 3g; Muxiang 15g; Suanzaoren 30g; Tone Xue; Tone Qi; in HT

Xuexu + HT Qixu & SP Xu

 

Tx Alzheimer's disease / senile dementia by Rectify & Nourish HT &

KI: in HT Qi Insufficiency, use formula to Rectify HT: GANCAO,

YUANZHI, Dangshen, Fuling & Shichangpu; in KI Yinxu & failure, use

formula to Tone KI: Tiandong, Maidong, Shengdi, Shudi & Shanzhuyurou

 

to Tx schizophrenia dt Phlegm Qizhi: S & Ss: depression, expression~

apathetic, reticence, dementia, incoherent speech / muttering to

oneself, changeable moods, no sense of hygiene, no desire for food,

red tongue w greasy & white coating & wiry & smooth pulse; TxP:

Rectify Qi, alleviate depression, Resolve Phlegm & restore

consciousness; Formula: Shunqi Daotan Tang Jiajian (Rectify Qi & Lead

Out Phlegm Dec (Modified): YUANZHI 10g, GANCAO 6g, Chenpi 10g, Banxia

(Zhi) 10g, Fuling 10g, Dannanxing 10g, Zhishi 10g, Xiangfu 10g,

Shichangpu 10g & Yujin 10g;

 

Best regards,