Gui Ling Wu Wei Gan Cao Tang Summerheat

Gui Ling Wu Wei Gan Cao Tang SummerheatEnglish Name: Cinnamon Twig, Poria, Schisandra, and Licorice Decoction Source: Essentials from the Golden Cabinet (c. 220) Ingredients for one raw herb sealed bag: Gui Zhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus) 24g Fu Ling (Poria) 24g Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Fructus) 24g Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix) 18g Suggested dose: 1 bag over 2 4 days. The above dosage is doubled from the original source.

Pyritum (zi ran tong)

reproductive challenges

fullness and stifling sensation in the chest and flanks

menstrual clots

This makes it one of the most enduring and clinically valuable formulas in the Shang Han Lun tradition—serving as the foundation for countless modifications throughout Chinese herbal medicine

and a persistent feeling of heaviness that often accompanies Damp accumulation

Zhi Fu Zi (Aconiti Radix lateralis preparata) 18g Bai Zhu (Atractylodis macrocephalae Rhizoma) 12g Fu Ling (Poria) 18g Bai Shao (Paeoniae Radix alba) 18g Sheng Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma recens) * 18g

By combining warming herbs such as Fu Zi and Gui Zhi with deeply nourishing Kidney and Liver Yin herbs

A favorite combination when constitutional Yin deficiency presents alongside dryness

It pairs seamlessly with formulas that strengthen Qi

Presentation: Fear and panic from unanchored and unconserved qi

Er Chen Tang is often called the "mother of all phlegm formulas" because so many classical prescriptions are built upon its foundation