Citrus Aurantium Allium Cinnamon Branch Soup is used to: promote Yang dispersal, dispel phlegm and lower the flow of Qi. It can be used to treat symptoms such as chest fullness (swelling and discomfort in the chest), chest pain, and if there is a knot of Qi in the chest. The efficacy of the herbal formula should be based on the right evidence, if you feel unwell, please seek medical advice and use the medicine after diagnosis and identification by a medical professional.
Citrus Aurantium Scallion and Cinnamon Branches Soup, from “The Essentials of the Golden Chamber” by Zhang Zhongjing, consists of Citrus Aurantium, Scallion Branches, Cinnamon Branches, Juniperus communis, and Hau Pu. It is effective in promoting Yang dispersal, dispelling phlegm and lowering Qi.
This formula is mainly used in treating chest paralysis (stuffy pain in the chest), with symptoms of chest distension and pain, as if there is gas condensing in the chest, or even feeling gas rushing from under the ribs to the heart, with white tongue moss, fine granules that are not easy to be scraped off, and a pulse that needs to be pressed heavily in order to be felt, and a pulse that is straight and long as a zither string.
The specific use of the drug should be under the guidance of a professional physician.