Guizhi Decoction is the name of the prescription, which is the prescription of the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing. Zhang Zhongjing's greatest contribution was writing Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases. This is where this recipe comes from.
Composition of the prescription
9 grams of cassia twig, 9 grams of white peony root, 6 grams of licorice,
9 grams of ginger, 3 jujubes.
The main symptoms are
Fever, fear of wind, sweating, headache, rhinorrhoea, and retching. The tongue coating is white and I am not thirsty. The pulse is slow or weak.
Among them, being afraid of wind and sweating indicates that the person's body's Qi is weak. Not being thirsty means that although there is a fever, the heat has not entered the body and transformed into heat. Although there are symptoms of sweating, it has not harmed the body's yin fluid. Cinnamon twig, ginger, and cinnamon are both hot medicines. If you are thirsty, you should not take this prescription.
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