Effect
Warming and dissolving phlegm, strengthening the spleen, inducing diuresis.
Indications
Syndrome of retention of phlegm due to insufficiency of Yang of the middle-Jiao, marked by fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, Vertigo, Palpitation, or shortness of breath, cough, whitish slippery tongue coating, and taut slippery pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as Chronic Bronchitis, bronchial asthma and Chronic Nephritis.
Ingredients
Poria (Fuling) 12 g,
Ramulus Cinnamomi (Guizhi) 9 g,
Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Baizhu) 6 g,
Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) 6 g.
Explanation
Fu Ling: The principal drug, being sweet and tasteless in flavor and neutral in nature, strengthening the spleen, removing dampness, dissolving phlegm.
Gui Zhi: Warming up Yang to induce diuresis, descending the adverse flow of Qi.
Bai Zhu: Strengthening the spleen and removing dampness.
Gan Cao: Invigorating Qi to regulate the stomach.
Administration
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken 3 times.