Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang (Poria, Licorice, Schisandra, Ginger and Asarum Decoction)

Poria, Licorice, Schisandra, Ginger and Asarum Decoction

Jin Gui Yao Lue, c. 220 CE

• Gan Jiang & Xi Xin (warm/transform) – chief; Fu Ling (drain damp)
• Wu Wei Zi (astringe Lung); Gan Cao

• Warms the Lung and transforms cold phlegm-fluid

Cold phlegm-fluid in the Lung: cough with copious thin, watery, white sputum, a stifling chest, and a cold sensation, worse in cold weather.

Tongue: pale with a white slippery coat. Pulse: wiry and slippery.

With wheezing, add Ban Xia.

Warming and drying; not for phlegm-heat or dry cough. Use Xi Xin in small dose.