Gui Zhi
Cinnamomi Ramulus
acrid, sweet, warm
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Release the Exterior for Cold Attack
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Common cold
- Arthritis
- Edema
- Urinary dysfunction
- Dizziness
- Palpitations
- Shortness of breath
- Chest pain
- Irregular menses
Gui Zhi is acrid, sweet, and warm. It enters the lung, heart, and bladder systems. Its warm and acrid qualities allow it to break up and move the blood to circulate the vessels.
Channels: lung, heart, bladder
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Angina pain
- Arthritis
- Common cold
- Amenorrhea
- Dysuria
- Heart palpitations
- Cough
- Fever
- Allergy
- Skin disorders
Formulas:
- Chai Hu Gui Zhi Gan Jiang Tang
- Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang
- Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
- Da Qing Long Tang
- Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
- Fu Ling Gui Zhi Gan Cao Da Zao Tang
- Ge Gen Jia Ban Xia Tang
- Ge Gen Tang
- Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
- Gui Zhi Gan Cao Tang
- Gui Zhi Jia Ge Gen Tang
- Gui Zhi Jia Hou Po Xing Zi Tang
- Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
- Gui Zhi Jia Shao Yao Tang
- Gui Zhi Ren Shen Tang
- Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
- Gui Zhi Tang
- Huang Lian Tang
- Huang Qi Gui Zhu Wu Wu Tang
- Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang
- Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
- Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang
- Ma Huang Tang
- Shen Qi Wan
- Tao He Cheng Qi Tang
- Wei Ling Tang
- Wen Jing Tang
- Wu Ling San
- Wu Mei Wan
- Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
- Xiao Qing Long Tang
- Zai Zao San
- Zhi Gan Cao Tang
- Zhi Shi Gua Lou Gui Zhi Tang
- Zhi Shi Xie Bai Gui Zhi Tang
Contraindications: do not prescribe Gui Zhi to patients that present with deficiency heat patterns or warm heat pathogens, do not prescribe to pregnant patients
Zoo Image: a porcupine has a fire torch to melt a frozen man’s heart and vessels while he has a frozen cane, a bucket has turbid yin