Formula

Cinnamon Twig and Ginseng Decoction

桂枝人參湯gui zhi ren shen tang
1 source

5 herbs·from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage)

In the《Shanghan Lun》tradition, this formula is described for a Taiyang pattern whose exterior signs remain yet has been repeatedly purged, leading to heat-bound diarrhoea that will not stop, a firm stuffiness below the heart, and neither exterior nor interior resolved. A historical indication, not a modern diagnostic or treatment recommendation.

Source
传统主治（traditional context, not a modern clinical claim）：太陽病，外證未除，而數下之，遂協熱而利，利下不止，心下痞鞕，表裏不解者，桂枝人參湯主之。…

Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage)《伤寒论》辨太阳病脉证并治·桂枝人參湯（证治条文·宋本163）

References
  • Self-authored English rendering of the classical formula name (pinyin + sense translation); not a verbatim excerpt, no modern proprietary source.
Composition
  • Cassia Twig (Gui zhi)四兩
  • Licorice四兩
  • White Atractylodes三兩
  • Ginseng三兩
  • Dried Ginger (Gan jiang)三兩
Citations
  • Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《伤寒论》辨太阳病脉证并治·桂枝人參湯（组成·宋本163）Cited from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) for its composition.
  • Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《伤寒论》辨太阳病脉证并治·桂枝人參湯（证治条文·宋本163）；hash 锚含方名/组成唯一上下文片段Cited from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) for its traditional indications.
  • Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《伤寒论》辨太阳病脉证并治·桂枝人參湯（煎服法·宋本163）Cited from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) for its preparation & usage.