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Gui Pi Tang (Restore the Spleen Decoction)

Gui Pi Tang Guī Pí Tāng

Restore the Spleen Decoction

Category
Formulas that Tonify
Subcategory
Formulas that Tonify the Qi and Blood
Ingredients
12 herbs
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  • Tonifies Blood and Qi
  • Nourishes the Heart and strengthens the Spleen.

Indications

  • Fatigue, poor memory, palpitations, insomnia, anxiety, phobias, poor sleep or dream disturbed sleep, poor appetite, sallow complexion, withdrawal, low-grade fever, and night sweating
  • Early periods with loss of excess pale blood, continuous spotting, blood in the stool, leukorrhea, metrostaxis, and metrorrhagia.

Western Uses:

  • Neurasthenia
  • Psycho-Emotional Disorders
  • Post concussion Syndrome
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Congestive Heart Disease
  • Supraventricular Tachycardia
  • Anemia
  • Thrombocytopenic or Allergic Purpura
  • Cervicitis
  • Functional Uterine Bleeding

Ingredients

12 substances in Gui Pi Tang — each links to its full herb monograph.

Bai ZhuBai Zhu9-12 gTonify QiDa ZaoDa Zao1 pieceTonify QiDang GuiDang Gui6-9 gTonify BloodFu LingFu Ling9-12 gRegulate Water and Drain DampnessHuang QiHuang Qi9-12 gTonify QiLong Yan RouLong Yan Rou6-9 gTonify BloodMu XiangMu Xiang3-6 gRegulate the QiRen ShenRen Shen3-6 gTonify QiSheng JiangSheng Jiang5 piecesWarm, Spicy Herbs that Release the ExteriorSuan Zao RenSuan Zao Ren9-12 gNourish the Heart and Calm the SpiritYuan ZhiYuan Zhi3-6 gNourish the Heart and Calm the SpiritZhi Gan CaoZhi Gan Cao3-6 gTonify Qi

Preparation & dosage

Decoction. Ren Shen is commonly replaced by 2-3 times the dosage of Dang Shen, and Fu Shen is often substituted for Fu Ling.

Safety — read before use

Do not use in cases of interior full heat, or Yin deficient heat with a rapid and thin pulse

Originally Appeared In:

  • Formulas to Aid the Living (Ji Sheng Fang)

Sources & References

Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus

The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.

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