Ge Gen Tang (Kudzu Decoction)
For Both Men and Women Function of the Formula:
Releases the exterior, dispels wind-cold, releases the muscle layer, generates fluids (sweating) (tai yang)
 
Symptoms that are indicated for this formula: Chils and fever, stiff and rigid neck, shoulders and upper back, diarrhea, muscle spasms, body aches, runny nose with clear nasal discharge, headache, wind-cold bi, intolerance of wind or cold Related Biomedical Applications
(**This formula releases wind-cold in Chinese medicine and is not used to treat, cure, diagnose or prevent disease):
 
Influenza, common cold, upper respiratory infection, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, tendonitis or bursitis of the shoulder, nasal obstruction, stiff neck, torticollis, bells palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, rheumatoid arthritis, tension headache, fever.