Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Jikji (直指)

Cinnamon Twig Four Sevens Decoction

Gyejisachil-tang

한글 계지사칠탕  ·  Pinyin Gui Zhi Si Qi Tang

桂枝四七湯

Composition 構成

Total 50.4 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • Cold evil with qi depression — heart pain

Biomedical correlates

  • Epigastric pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治寒邪客搏心痛. 桂枝ㆍ半夏 各二錢, 白芍藥(酒炒) 一錢半, 白茯苓ㆍ厚朴ㆍ枳殼 各七分, 人參ㆍ紫蘇葉ㆍ甘草(灸) 各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑 三片, 棗 二枚, 水煎服. 《直指》

Translation

Treats heart pain where a cold evil has lodged and struck. Cinnamon twig and pinellia 2 don each; white peony (wine-fried) 1 don 5 pun; white poria, magnolia bark and bitter orange 7 pun each; ginseng, perilla leaf and licorice (mix-fried) 5 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Hyung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Sachil-tang — the plum-stone qi formula from the Mouth chapter's 3.11 — with cinnamon twig and peony laid over it. The Jikji treats a cold-struck heart pain as a knot of qi that also needs warming. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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