Gui+Zhi+and+Xie+Bai+Herbal+Combination

acrid, sweet HT, LU, UB || Warm Acrid, Bitter LU, ST, LI ||
 * ===Gui Zhi=== || ===Xie Bai=== ||
 * Warm
 * Functions: relieves exterior syndrome, promotes sweat, warm and open the channels and activate yang qi
 * Light/warm, Unblocks Yang Qi, Releases the muscle layer**

Ind: 1. fever, aversion to cold, headache, sweats or no sweats due to attack of wind-cold 2. **Bi Syndrome** w/ ache or pain of chest, abdomen, shoulder, back and limbs due to wind, cold, and damp 3. retention of phlegm (tan) and harmful fluid (yin) due to yang def. in the HT & Sp 4. **Chest pain** or palpitation or irregular pulse due to HT yang def. 5. **Dysmennorhea**, amenorrhea, or masses in the uterus due to obstruction of the channels by cold || Functions: Activate Yang & disperse cold, phlegm & damp accumulation; regulate Qi for dissipating Qi stagnation

Indications: 1. **Chest Bi, chest pain** or difficulty breathing due to **cold phlegm obstruction** 2. Distention or pain in the epigastric area, dysentery w/ tenesmus due to Qi stagnation ||
 * 3-10g. || 5-10g. ||

Properties when Combined:
Gui Zhi: unblocks yang, disperses cold, directs rebellious qi downward and calms flushing Xie Bai: warms and unblocks the yang to promote Qi movement, disperse stagnation in the chest and relieve pain

Combined: warms and unblocks the yang, chest pain/bi, removes phlegm obstruction

Major Indications of Combination:
Bi Zheng in the chest. fullness or pain in the chest, wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath pleuritis, hypochondriac/epigastric pain

**Formulas:**
Gua Lou Xie Bai Gui Zhi Tang, Zhi Shi Xie Bai Gui Zhi Tang