GASTRODIA & GAMBIR
Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
‘Gastrodia and Uncaria Beverage’
Source: New Significations of Treatments for Miscellaneous Disease (Za Bing Zheng Zhi Xin Yi, 1958)
Keywords
hypertension, headaches and vertigo
Ingredients
Gastrodia elatae (Tian Ma, gastrodia)
Uncaria rhycchophylla (Gou Teng, gambir plant)
Haliotis diversicolor (Shi Jue Ming, abalone)
Gardenia jasminoides (Shan Zhi Zi, gardenia)
Scutellaria baicalensis
(Huang Qin, scute)
Achyranthes bidentata (Niu Xi, achyranthes)
Eucommia ulmoides (Du Zhong, eucommia bark)
Leonurus heterophyllus (Yi Mu Cao, motherwort)
Taxillus chinesis (Sang Ji Sheng, loranthus)
Polygonum multiflorum (Ye Jiao Teng, fleece-flower stem)
Major therapeutic action
Antispasmodic, clears Heat, calms the mind.
Lowers the blood pressure.
Indications
o Spasms or convulsions in a patient with a flushed face, red eyes, restless or angry disposition.
o With the appropriate key symptoms, this formula can be used to treat biomedical conditions such as hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, renal hypertension, aphasia, epilepsy, apoplexy, menopausal syndrome,
or Meniere’s disease.
Key symptoms for use
o headache
o vertigo
o tinnitus
o blurred vision
o fremitus
o insomnia with dream disturbed sleep
o hemiplegia (in severe cases)
o tongue: red body
o To treat Meniere’s disease, this formula can be combined with Chen Pi & Ban Xia.
o With insomnia add Long Gu & Mu Li.
The typical dose is three grams twice daily, before meals. In severe cases or the early stages of treatment (the first two weeks), a 50-100% increase in dose may be used, then reduced as the treatment takes effect.
Cautions and contraindications
None noted.
None noted.