HERB FORMULAS

JIN SHUI LIU JUN JIAN - 金水六君煎 - SIX-GENTLEMEN OF METAL AND WATER DECOCTION

English: Six-Gentlemen of Metal and Water Decoction
Also Known As: Dang Gui, Rehmannia and Six Herbs Combination

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia 4-6g Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm, descends Rebellious Qi and stops vomiting.
With Fu Ling, expels Phlegm and stops nausea and vomiting, hiccups, coughs with clear, profuse Phlegm and loose and watery stools.
Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi 3-4.5g Regulates Qi, adjusts the Middle, relieves the diaphragm, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
With Sheng Jiang, for vomiting due to Dis-harmony of the Stomach Qi.
With Zhi Ban Xia, for a stifling sensation in the chest and cough with excessive white, viscous sputum due to Phlegm-Damp Obstruction.
With Zhi Ban Xia and Fu Ling, for cough due to accumulation of Dampness and Phlegm.
Poria Fu Ling 4-6g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and transforms Phlegm.
With Zhi Ban Xia, Chen Pi and Sheng Jiang, for congested fluids in the Stomach causing nausea and vomiting.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao 2-3g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, moistens the Lungs, resolves Phlegm, stops cough and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 4-6g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold, stops cough and treats dyspnea.
With Shu Di Huang, for Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood.
With Chen Pi, Zhi Ban Xia, Fu Ling and Gan Cao, for coughing during the night, dyspnea and profuse and salty-tasting sputum due to Kidney and Lung Yin Deficiency.
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 6-15g Nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin and arrests cough and wheezing.
With Chen Pi, Zhi Ban Xia, Fu Ling, Dang Gui and Gan Cao, for cough, wheezing and sputum due to Kidney Deficiency.
Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang 3-14g Releases the Exterior, induces perspiration. disperses Cold, warms the Middle, stops vomiting, warms the Lungs, stops cough and reduces the toxicity of other herbs.
With Zhi Ban Xia, for vomiting due to many causes including Stomach Cold and productive cough due to Phlegm-Dampness.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Enriches and moistens the Lungs and Kidneys
  • Regulates and promotes Qi
  • Dispels Dampness
  • Harmonizes the Middle Jiao
  • Transforms Phlegm

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Phlegm due to Lung and Kidney Yin Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Copious white, thick sputum
  • Sputum is difficult to expectorate
  • Sputum may have a salty taste
  • Throat parched
  • Cough
  • Stifling sensation in the chest and diaphragm
  • Breathing difficulty
  • Palpitations
  • Wheezing (Asthma)
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • T: Dry
  • C: Peeled or Thick and white or Chipped-Whitish
  • P: Thready and rapid or Slippery or Fine, slippery and empty

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For hemoptysis: For hemoptysis:
- Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang - Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
+ 9g Pollen Typhae Pu Huang + 9g Pollen Typhae Pu Huang
+ 3g Rx. Notoginseng San Qi + 3g Rx. Notoginseng San Qi
+ 3g Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji + 3g Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji
For hemoptysis severe, stabbing chest pain: + More (9g) Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
- Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
+ 9g Pollen Typhae Pu Huang + More (9g) Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ 3g Rx. Notoginseng San Qi
+ 3g Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji + 6g Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 9g vinegar-fried Faeces Trogopterori Wu Ling Zhi + 6g Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
For the relief stage of asthma due to Spleen Qi Deficiency with Lung Qi and Yin Deficiency:
+ 9g vinegar-fried Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo - Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
+ 9g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
    + 15g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi