HERB FORMULAS
| English: | Poria and Licorice Decoction |
| Also Known As: |
Pharmaceutical Latin |
Pin Yin |
Dosage |
Actions |
| Poria | Fu Ling | 6g | Promotes urination, leaches
out Dampness, strengthens the
Spleen, harmonizes the Middle Jiao and
transforms Phlegm. With Gui Zhi, warms and transforms fluids, un-blocks Yang and promotes urination. With Zhi Gan Cao, for Spleen and Heart Deficiency causing facial edema, palpitations, and shortness of breath. |
| Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi | 6g | Releases the Exterior, assists Yang, adjusts
the Ying and Wei, releases the muscle
layer, unblocks Yang, transforms Qi and
thin mucus, assists Heart Yang and
warms and facilitates the flow of Yang Qi in the chest. With Fu Ling, for palpitations and dyspnea due to Heart Yang Deficiency. |
| Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata | Zhi Gan Cao | 3g | Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs. |
| Rz. Zingiberis Recens | Sheng Jiang | 9g | Releases the Exterior, induces
perspiration, disperses Cold, warms
the Middle, stops vomiting, adjusts
the Ying and Wei, normalizes the flow of Qi at
the center and reduces the toxicity of other herbs. With Gui Zhi, strongly induces sweating for treatment of External Wind-Cold with chills, fever, body aches and anhidrosis and warms and dispels thin mucus in the Stomach with nausea, hiccup, Stomach pain, acid reflux or vomiting of clear fluid. |
- Warms Yang
- Transforms thin mucus
- Unblocks Yang
- Disperses pathogenic water
- Harmonizes the Middle Jiao
- Pathogenic water lodged in the epigastrium in patients with Spleen and Stomach Deficiency
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HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |