Origins: Zhongjing (150-219 Baked Licorice Formula Zhi Gan Cao Tang CE) and first published in Qian Ji , a supplement to Zhang’s Jin Gui Yao Lue.

Baked Licorice Formula (Zhi Gan Cao Tang), also known as “Restore the Pulse Decoction" ( Mai Tang), is from the Eastern , attributed to Zhang Zhongjing and first published in theQian Ji Yi, a supplement to Zhang’s Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions from the Golden Cabinet). General Signs/Symptoms The classical pattern addressed byBaked Licorice Formula (Zhi Gan Cao Tang) is “ and yin deficiency taxing the .” This can arise from exhaustion due to overwork, or long-term stress that depletes the reserves of the central nervous system. Qi and yin deficiency taxing the heart manifests as a “knotted pulse”(jié mài), a slow pulse that misses beats at irregular intervals; or an “intermittent pulse” (dài mài), a moderate pulse that misses beats at regular intervals. Zhang Zhongjing considered sweating, palpitations, and chest oppression common symptoms of this pattern. Currently, Baked Licorice Formula (Zhi Gan Cao Tang) is commonly used for treating cardiovascular diseases such as: angina pectoris, arrhythmia, atrial flutter, atrial fibrillation, cardiac insufficiency, cardiomyopathy, coronary heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, myocarditis, pulmonary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, etcetera. Primary symptoms include an irregular pulse along with palpitations and often anxiety. Other key signs and symptoms for Baked Licorice Formula (Zhi Gan Cao Tang) include: shortness of breath, irritability, weakness, and insomnia. Sec- ondary signs and symptoms include: spontaneous sweating or night sweating, constipation, dry mouth, dry throat, and dry skin. The tongue will be pale and shiny. The abdomen upon palpation will show epigastric focal distention, epi- gastric pulsations, rectus abdominis tension/hypertonicity, and a soft lower abdomen. Baked Licorice Formula (Zhi Gan Cao Tang) is also used to treat atrophy and lung consumption. Symptoms are cough with little to no sputum, frothy or blood-tinged sputum, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, difficulty breathing, and a thin, rapid pulse.

Actions 1. Nourishes heart blood and 2. Supplements heart qi 4. Harmonizes ying and wei enriches heart yin 3. Warms heart yang 5. Rescues and restores the pulse

Ingredients Latin English Percent of Formula Sheng Di Huang Rehmanniae Radix Rehmannia, unprocessed 28.0% Hong Da Zao Jujubae Fructus Jujube Date, red 13.0% Zhi Gan Cao Glycyrrhizae Radix Preparata Chinese Licorice Root, honey-baked 12.0% Gui Zhi Cinnamomi Ramulus Cassia Twig, Chinese Cinnamon 10.0% Mai Men Dong Ophiopogonis Radix Ophiopogon Tuber 8.0% Sheng Jiang Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens Ginger, fresh 8.0% Zhi He Shou Wu Polygoni Multiflori Radix Prepared Polygonum Root 7.0% Shu Di Huang Rehmanniae Radix Preparata Rehmannia, cured 6.0% Bai He Lilii Bulbus Lily Bulb 4.0% Ginseng Radix Asian Ginseng Root 4.0% General Indications / Modern Applications • Angina • Depression • Insomnia • Rheumatic heart • Anxiety • Dry mouth and throat • Irritability disease • Arrhythmia • Dyspnea • Lung atrophy • Sputum, frothy • Atrial Fibrillation • Edema • Myocardial infarction, • Sudden Turmoil • Body Fluid, damage to, • Emaciation sequella of Disorder, recovery from from illness • Fainting and • Myocarditis, sequella of • Sweating, spontaneous • Bradycardia disorientation • Neurasthenia or nocturnal • Cardiac insufficiency • Fatigue • Night sweats • Tachycardia • Cardiomyopathy • Hypertensive heart • Palpitations • Weight loss, • Constipation disease • Pulmonary heart unintended • Coronary heart disease • Hyperthyroidism disease • Cough, dry and weak • Hypotension Baked Licorice Formula Monograph © June 2019, Herbal Medicine Press Baked Licorice Formula 2 C diarrhea. with deficiency heat severeor Use with caution cases in Pale and shiny. F day. Two tablets, three times per D C P T rapid. tern, may pulse thin be and less. In the atrophy lung pat May thin be and also force intermittent. or Knotted, the pulse the • • • • • wei

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