Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Cold Damage)

Cinnamon Twig Decoction

Gyeji-tang

한글 계지탕 · Pinyin Gui Zhi Tang

桂枝湯

Composition 構成

Gyeji Gui Zhi
桂枝 계지 · Cinnamon Twig

12 g
Chief 君
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

8 g
Deputy 臣
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

4 g
Assistant 佐
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 32 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Actions 效能

Releases the exterior
Harmonizes Yeong and Wi (nutritive and defensive)

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind-cold exterior deficiency with sweating
Aversion to wind with fever
Floating and moderate pulse

Biomedical correlates

Common cold with spontaneous sweating
Post-viral disharmony
Weak constitution with recurrent colds

Clinical commentary 臨床

The first formula of the Shanghanlun and the archetype of harmonization — Gyeji opens outward while Baekjakyak gathers inward, a paired dynamic echoed in countless later formulas. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.