Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang (Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction)

Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction

Jin Gui Yao Lue, c. 220 CE

• Fu Ling – chief; Gui Zhi (warm yang)
• Bai Zhu (strengthen Spleen); Zhi Gan Cao

• Warms and strengthens the Spleen yang
• Transforms phlegm-fluid and promotes urination

Spleen yang deficiency with phlegm-fluid: fullness of the chest and epigastrium, dizziness, palpitations, shortness of breath, a splashing sound in the stomach, and cough with thin watery sputum.

Tongue: swollen with a white slippery coat. Pulse: slippery or wiry.

With more cold, add Gan Jiang; with marked palpitations, add Long Gu and Mu Li.

Warming; not for phlegm-heat or yin deficiency.