Guizhi decoction is the first side of Treatise on Febrile Diseases, and it has the reputation of being the top of all schools.

Guizhi decoction is the first prescription of Chinese medicine dietotherapy.

Ke Yunbo called it "the general recipe for nourishing yin and strengthening yang, harmonizing camp and health, relaxing muscles and sweating".

Ramulus Cinnamomi (peeled) (9g), Radix Paeoniae (9g), Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (9g), Fructus Jujubae (cut into pieces) (3 pieces) and Radix Glycyrrhizae (6g).

Two clinical cases

Examples of medical records: It is rainy and cold in the south in spring. If people with insufficient yang are afraid of the cold in spring and rainy season, they will feel cold all day long, ache all over and feel sleepy. Guizhi decoction combined with wind-dispelling drugs will get twice the result with half the effort every time. Wu Moumou, male, 47 years old, cadre,1980 March 10. Since the beginning of spring, patients have often caught a cold, with general malaise, swelling and pain, swollen joints, cold back, no fever, stuffy nose, white tongue coating and slow and weak pulse. Seasoned with Guizhi decoction, divided into 2 doses, daily 1 dose, and decocted in water twice. After taking the medicine, the patient feels like taking a bath every day, if all the symptoms disappear. Then add raw Astragalus membranaceus 15g and Atractylodes macrocephala 10g into the original prescription, and then take it in two doses to cure. Press: Guizhi decoction is the first choice for treating cold of patients with deficiency cold. Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae and Radix Clematidis can be added to dispel wind and damp, and can also dispel evil spirits. As soon as the exterior syndrome stops, it is combined with Yupingfeng Powder, so that it can replenish qi, consolidate exterior, harmonize camp and health, and cure the root cause.