Gui Zhi and Paeonia lactiflora atractylodis have the following effects: sweating and relieving muscles (relieving evil qi from the surface of the skin), assisting yang in transforming qi, nourishing blood and astringing yin, softening the liver and relieving pain (treating pains caused by deficiency of liver yin and blood), tonifying qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and inducing diuresis (drying dampness and decreasing the amount of water-dampness in the body). It can be used to treat wind-cold colds and flu, deficiencies of liver and blood and weakness of the spleen (weakness of the spleen’s qi).
1. Gui Zhi is pungent, sweet and warm in nature, belonging to the heart, lung and bladder meridians. It has the effects of sweating and relieving the muscles, assisting yang to transform qi, and warming the meridians to treat wind-cold and cold, palpitation (accelerated heartbeat often accompanied by panic), and cold and stagnation of blood.
External fever, yin deficiency and fire (deficiency of yin and essence in the body, hyperactive fire), blood heat (heat causes abnormal blood out) and other evidence, should be avoided. Pregnant women and menorrhagia should be cautious.
2. White peony is bitter, sour, slightly cold in nature, with the effect of nourishing blood and astringing yin, softening the liver and relieving pain, it can cure deficiency of liver and blood, irregular menstruation, headache and dizziness. It is not suitable to be used with veratrum.
3. Atractylodes macrocephala has a bitter, sweet flavor and warm nature, which can tonify qi and strengthen the spleen, dry dampness and diuresis, and stop sweating, etc. It can be used clinically for treating weak spleen qi and stagnation in the spleen. It should be used with caution when there is heat in Yin deficiency and when dryness and heat injure the fluids.
Although, gui zhi, white peony and white atractylodes have certain medicinal value, but not everyone can use, if they are allergic to it, you need to prohibit these three drugs. During the application of traditional Chinese medicine, patients should avoid eating spicy and stimulating, greasy, raw and cold food.
To summarize, if you are not feeling well, you must go to the hospital and follow the doctor’s instructions, do not take it on your own.