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gan mai da zao tang 甘麥大棗湯

Edited by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu 朱 興 國 編 譯       按 此  看 中 文 原 文 。

Name of Formula: gan mai da zao tang (jin gui yao lue )

Application:

  • condition of stress and anxiety after giving birth

  • overexcitement (hysteria)

  • babies crying at night

  • epilepsy

  • depression

  • brown spots on the skin

  • schizophrenia

Prescription:

zhi gan cao 5 qian, da zao 1 liang, fu xiao mai 1 liang.

Boil with water. One prescription a day, made into 3 servings.

Adjustments﹕

  1. Restless and insomnia, red tongue with lack of fur. Symptoms of yinxu is obvious: add sheng di huangbai hemai dong ze xie  to correct the yinxu (yin deficient) condition;

  2. Dizziness with stringy and thin pulse: add suan zao rendang gui.

 

Examples of adjustments to the formula:

Name of Formula: gan mai da zao tang jia wei (with added items),

Application: for yinxu (yin deficient)  condition

Prescription:

zhi gan cao 5 qian, da zao 1 liang, zhu ye 3 qian,

bai he 4 qian, yu jin 3 qian, bai shao 5 qian,

fu xiao mai 1 liang, zhi ke 1.5 qian, chai hu  4 qian,

shan zhi zi 3 qian.

Boil with water. One prescription a day, made into 3 servings.

 

Example of another adjustments to the formula:

Name of Formula: gan mai da zao tang jia wei (with added items),

zhi gan cao 5 qian, da zao 1 liang, fu xiao mai 1 liang ye jiao teng 1 liang﹐ bai zi ren 4 qian.
 

Note:

In these formulae,  qian = 3.75 g; liang = 37.5 g  (old traditional weight, used by most oversea Chinese and also in Hong Kong)

Lacking vitamin B12, folic acid may cause depression. Meat, eggs, and dairy produce are rich sources and dietary deficiency is unlikely except among vegans who do not use any food derived from animal product..

Folic acid is found in leafy vegetables, bean, lentils, beets, brussel sprouts, bananas, cantaloupes, tuna, asparagus, wheat germs, food yeast,  mushroom, spinach, broccoli strawberries etc.

According to a study by Taipei Medical University, gan mai da zao tang can increase the amount of serotonin and dopamine of lab mice.

方名﹕ 甘麥大棗湯  金 櫃 要 略

主治﹕

主婦人臟躁,男女妄悲傷哭者,癇症及狂症 。應用於病態過度興奮 ﹐ 神經衰弱﹐ 幼兒夜啼症﹐ 癲癇等症。本方能使異常興奮之神經鎮靜,能緩解各種痙攣症狀,尤其對病態過度興奮褐斑和精神分裂症等。 小兒夜啼等症更具療效。

組 成 ﹕

炙 甘 草 5 錢 , 大 棗  1 兩 , 浮 小 麥 1 兩 .

加減﹕

  1. 心煩不眠,舌紅 少苔,陰虚明顯者, 加生 地黃百 合 麥冬 澤 瀉 以滋養心陰;

  2. 眩暈 ,脉弦細,肝血不足者,加酸 棗 仁 當 歸 以養肝血安神。

 

[方解] 臟躁一病多因思慮過度,心陰受損,肝氣 失和所致。心陰 不足,心神失養 ,則精神恍惚,睡眠不安,心中 煩亂;肝氣 失和,疏泄失常,則 悲 傷 欲哭,不能自主,

或言行妄为。遵《素問  ·藏 氣 法時 論》“肝苦急,急食甘以緩 之”,以及《 靈枢·五味》

“心病者,宜食麥 ”之旨,方中用小麥為 君藥 ,取其甘凉之性,養 肝補心,除煩安神。

甘草甘平,補養心氣 ,和中緩急,為臣藥 。大棗甘温質潤,益氣和中,潤燥緩急,

為佐藥 。三 藥 合用,甘潤 平補 ,養心 調肝,共奏養心安神,和中緩 急之功。

按此看陰虛症狀。

處 方舉 例  ﹕ 

加味甘麥大棗湯

主治﹕神 志 恍 惚 不 安 , 心 胸 煩 悶 , 多 夢 易 醒 , 悲 憂 善 哭 。 舌 尖 紅 。 苔 薄 白 , 脈 弦 細 。
功效﹕養 心 安 神

處 方 ﹕

炙 甘 草 5 錢 ,  大 棗  1 兩 ,  浮 小 麥 1 兩 ﹐  夜 交  藤 一 兩 ﹐柏 子 仁  四 錢  。

 水煎服。


處 方舉 例 (二 ) ﹕ 

主治﹕神 志 恍 惚 不 安 , 心 胸 煩 悶 , 多 夢 易 醒 , 悲 憂 善 哭 。 舌 尖 紅 。

 苔 薄 白 , 脈 弦 細 。

炙 甘 草 5 錢 ,  大 棗  1 兩 ,  浮 小 麥 1 兩 竹 葉 3 ,

百 合  4 錢, 鬱 金  3 ,  5 ,, 枳 殼 1.5 , 柴 胡  4 ,

梔子  3 錢.

水煎服。

台北醫學大學曾以白鼠做實驗,發現白鼠服 用兩周的“甘麥大棗湯後,可刺激血清素,多巴胺等神經傳導物質,讓老鼠的憂鬰症狀明顯改善。

臟躁精神憂鬱,清志煩亂,哭笑無常,呵欠頻作,稱為“臟躁”更年期綜合征,更年期抑郁症,癔病。

 

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