Chái Gé Jiĕ Jī Tāng

Question 1

Method of Preparation

Answer 1

Do not cook for more than 20 minutes.

Question 2

Actions

Answer 2

Releases pathogenic influences from the muscle layer and clears interior heat

Question 3

Diagnostic Pattern

Answer 3

Unresolved, exterior wind-cold that has become constrained and is transforming into heat. It is also known as “simultaneous greater yang and yang brightness-warp disorder.”

Question 4

Indications

Answer 4

exterior wind-cold presentation characterized by increasing fever and decreasing chills
headache
stiffness of the extremities
orbital and eye pain
dry nasal passages
irritability
insomnia
T: thin, yellow coat
P: floating, slightly flooding

Question 5

Herbs

Answer 5

chái hú
gé gēn
qiāng huó
bái zhĭ
huáng qín
shí gāo
jié gĕng
bái sháo
gān căo
sheng jiāng
dà zăo

Question 6

chái hú
gé gēn

Answer 6

cool, acrid
release pathogenic influence from muscle layer while concurrently clearing heat

Question 7

qiāng huó
bái zhĭ

Answer 7

helps chiefs release exterior and alleviate pain
enter into greater yang and yang brightness channels –> assist in focusing formula in this territory

Question 8

huáng qín
shí gāo

Answer 8

clearing interior heat
huáng qín: Lungs and upper burner
shí gāo: yang brightness channel

Question 9

jié gĕng

Answer 9

facilitates flow of Lung qi and helps scatter the pathogenic influence from the exterior

Question 10

bái sháo

Answer 10

sour and cold
preserves the yin by preventing exterior-releasing herbs from causing excessive sweating

Question 11

gān căo

Answer 11

harmonizes the actions of the other herbs

Question 12

gān căo + jié gĕng

Answer 12

helps clear heat from the upper burner, especially from the throat

Question 13

sheng jiāng
dà zăo

Answer 13

regulate protective and nutritive qi to facilitate the release of the pathogenic influence

Question 14

Cautions and Contraindications

Answer 14

This formula is inappropriate for simple exterior wind-heat disorders.