When it comes to Gui Zhi, the first reaction of many people is to be able to sweat and relieve the surface, which is true. Gui Zhi Tang to Gui Zhi paired with white peony, sweating to dispel the wind, the treatment of external wind evil, the human body is relatively insufficient cold, but the role of Gui Zhi Tang is much more than that, in the end, Gui Zhi has what kind of role? We'll find out next.
"Shennong Ben Cao Jing" in Gui Zhi: flavor pungent and warm. The main on the gas cough, knot gas throat paralysis, spit suction, sharp joints, tonifying the middle and beneficial to the gas. Taken for a long time to pass the god, light body not old. Raw Valley. Gui Zhi taste slightly pungent and spicy, chewing slightly sweet, mild, not as dry as ephedra. The Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica classified Gui Zhi as the top grade, most of the drugs are tonic effect, and less toxic side effects.
" on the gas cough", the words of Gui Zhi dispersal of wind-cold, the treatment of wind-cold in the surface caused by the "gas on the rush", cough. The theory of typhoid fever is contained in the "solar disease, after the next, the gas upward, can be with Gui Zhi Tang", visible Gui Zhi can calm down after the next, caused by the gas upward. Some people say that there are four other medicines in Gui Zhi Tang, so why is it Gui Zhi that treats "qi rising"? The simplest formula of "the theory of typhoid fever" with gui zhi is gui zhi gan cao tang, only gui zhi and licorice two medicines, treating "palpitation under the heart, want to be pressed", palpitation is also the manifestation of qi upward impulse, licorice treatment of less qi (gardenia black bean soup under the article, less qi, gardenia glycyrrhiza glabra black bean soup master, that is, in the gardenia black bean soup on the basis of adding licorice, can see that the role of licorice is to treat less qi), and licorice is the treatment of less qi (the role of gardenia black bean soup is to treat less qi). (the role of licorice is to treat less qi), so gui zhi can calm the flush and lower the rebellious.
"Jieqi laryngeal paralysis", for the cold Qi YuZhi in the throat, not fluent, Chinese medicine say this not fluent for "paralysis", paralysis of paralysis blocking also. Gui Zhi, because it is pungent and dispersive, can expel the cold that exists in the throat, thus treating the paralysis caused by the knot of cold qi in the throat. The "Theory of Typhoid Fever" has half-summer, which is half-summer combined with cinnamon sticks to treat sore throat.
The "joints" can be used to treat pain caused by cold paralysis in the joints, which needs to be treated with cinnamon sticks. Such as "The Essentials of the Golden Chamber" in the Baihu plus Gui Zhi Tang, the treatment of warm malaria caused by bone pain, Chaihu Gui Zhi Tang treatment of the sun and Shaoyang two kinds of disease, "joint pain", Gui Zhi and Zi Zi Tang treatment of rheumatism in the surface of the joint pain, etc., which are the Gui Zhi "sharp joints" performance. The first time I saw it, it was a very good thing that it was a good thing.
However, there is another effect of Gui Zhi, which is not mentioned in Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (The Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica). This is that Gui Zhi can be used in the treatment of blood stasis. It is believed that Gui Zhi is used in the treatment of blood stasis, not because it can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, but because Gui Zhi has the effect of warming the blood, and the blood is warmed up.
There is Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan (桂枝茯苓丸), a formula that combines Gui Zhi (桂枝) with Paeonia lactiflora (芍药) and Tao Ren (桃仁) to treat the disease of "women with syndromes," in which stasis of blood is unable to be dispersed and accumulates over a long period of time and takes shape. The fact that a formula for activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis is named after Gui Zhi shows the importance of Gui Zhi to the formula and its therapeutic effect on blood stasis.
In addition, there is Peach Kernel Cheng Qi Tang in the Treatise on Typhoid Fever, which also uses Gui Zhi with rhubarb and manganite to attack and expel blood stasis. After taking peach kernel and Cheng Qi Tang, when a slight discharge, prompting blood stasis out of the body. In this formula for attacking Blood stasis, Gui Zhi is also used, and it is combined with cold drugs such as Rhubarb and Mangnit, so it can be seen that the warmth of Gui Zhi cannot be brought into play, and since the disease is characterized by stasis of Blood and heat in the Lower Jiao, it is of course necessary to combine the activation of Blood circulation with the purging of heat and elimination of toxins, for which Rhubarb and Mangnit are the most suitable drugs. This shows the importance of gui zhi in the blood activation and elimination of blood stasis medicines.
There is also an important formula for activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which comes from The Essentials of the Golden Chamber. In this book, there is a party of Wenjing Tang, which treats blood stasis stagnation in the abdomen, affecting the biochemistry of the blood and thus manifesting a number of symptoms. In Wen Jing Tang, Angelica sinensis, Paeonia lactiflora and Colla Corii Asini are used to nourish lost Yin and Blood, while Gui Zhi, Dampy and Chuan Xiong are used to invigorate Blood and remove stasis. The therapeutic effect of Gui Zhi in blood stasis can be seen from the above three parties, especially for blood stasis caused by deficiency and cold.
Gui Zhi, as a commonly used medicine in clinical practice, still has many effects. It is used in many formulas for warming and transforming water and qi, such as Ling Gui Jiu Gan Tang and Wu Ling San, to replenish the body's yang qi, thus vaporizing water and qi, so that wastewater can be turned into the body's normal fluids or expelled from the body. The role of Gui Zhi to supplement the deficiency has been rarely discussed, as the top of the Materia Medica scripture, Gui Zhi can be supplemented with qi, but successive generations of doctors tend to ignore this effect, and thus will not be used in the small Jianzhong Tang, so that a generation of famous formula fell, a real pity.