Gou Teng San

Ingredients: Gypsum Fibrosum (shi gao), Rhizoma Zingiberis recens (sheng jiang), Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis (gou teng), Pericarpium Citri reticulatae (chen pi), Rhizoma Pinelliae praeparatum (zhi ban xia), Radix Ophiopogonis (mai men dong), Poria (fu ling), Poria cum Radix Pini (fu shen), Radix Ginseng (ren shen), Flos Chrysanthemi (gan ju hua), Radix Saposhnikoviae (fang feng), Radix Glycyrrhizae praeparata cum melle (zhi gan cao).

Source:

• Factual Prescriptions for Universal Benefit (Pu Ji Ben Shi Fang, 1145)

How it works:

• Clears heat
• Calms the liver
• Extinguishes wind
• Transforms phlegm-dampness

Clinical Applications:

• Internal movement of liver wind accompanied with phlegm-dampness
• Liver excess
• Wind phlegm with qi and yin deficiency

Gou Teng San was first recorded in the Song dynasty’s “Factual Prescriptions for Universal Benefit,” used to treat liver excess and wind phlegm with qi and yin deficiency by clearing heat, calming the liver, extinguishing wind, and transforming phlegm-dampness.

Main Ingredient(s):

In this formula, Uncaria (Gambir) is used to calm the liver, extinguish wind, and clear heat.