Cinnamon Twig Decoction for Flank Pain

Gyeji-tang

한글 계지탕 (협통) · Pinyin Gui Zhi Tang

桂枝湯

Not Zhongjing's Cinnamon Twig Decoction registered as gyeji-tang; the two share a name only.

Composition 構成

Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

40 g
Chief 君

small ones, 1 nyang
Gyeji Gui Zhi
桂枝 계지 · Cinnamon Twig

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

ginger and jujube decoction as the draught

Total 60 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.

Actions 效能

Treats fright injuring the liver with pain within the rib bones

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Fright injuring the liver — deep pain in the ribs

Biomedical correlates

Costal pain after emotional shock

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治驚傷肝, 脇骨裏疼痛. 枳殼(小者) 一兩, 桂枝五錢. 右末, 每二錢, 薑棗湯調下. 《本事》

Translation

Treats fright injuring the liver with pain within the rib bones. Bitter orange, the small kind, 1 nyang; cinnamon twig 5 don. Powder them and take 2 don at a time stirred into ginger and jujube decoction. — Bonsa 本事 (Donguibogam · Hyeop)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Two medicinals under a famous name that belongs to another formula. 脇骨裏疼痛 — pain inside the rib bone rather than on it — is the complaint, and the Bonsa treats a fright with bitter orange rather than with anything calming. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.