Gou Teng San  鉤藤散
Uncaria Powder

Tradition:

TCM

Source / Author:

Herb Name Gou Teng (Gambir) Ren Shen (Ginseng) Fu Ling (Poria) Fu Shen (Poria with root) Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon) Chen Pi (Tangerine peel) Zhi Ban Xia (Pinellia root) Fang Feng (Saposhnikovia) Ju Hua (Chrysanthemum) Shi Gao (Gypsum) Sheng Jiang (fresh Ginger) Gan Cao (Licorice)

Latin Uncaria rhynchophylla Panax ginseng Poria cocos Poria cocos Ophiopogon japonicus Citrus reticulata Pinellia ternata Saposhnikovia divaricata Chrysanthemum morifolium Calcium sulphate Zingiber officinale Glycyrrhiza uralensis Amount 15 grams ea. 30 grams 3 grams ea.

Preparation:

Powder

Function:

Clears Liver Heat, Resolves Phlegm, Settles Wind

Use:

A. Liver Wind with Heat and Excess: Irritability, red eyes, headache, red tongue with greasy coat, rapid and wiry pulse.
B. Wind-Phlegm with Qi and Yin deficiency: Tinnitus, Dizziness, Vertigo, Palpitations, feeling of Qi rushing up, Greasy tongue coating, soft and wiry pulse
1. Headache
2. Migraine
3. Vertigo
4. Dizziness
5. Tinnitus
6. Meniere’s disease
5. Hypertension
6. Palpitations
7. Stroke
8. Atherosclerosis
9. Alzheimer’s disease
10. Dementia
11. Neurosis
12. Hyperthyroidism

Dose:

3-§ grams twice daily with warm water or Ginger tea.

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. Codonopsis is regularly used in place of Ginseng.
2. Headaches, add Ligusticum Chuan Xiong, Angelica Bai Zhi
3. Vertigo.and Dizziness, add Mistletoe (Sang Ji Sheng)

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