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rx
formula
Hoelen and Schizandra F.
chinese formulae
definition
Hoelen and Schizandra F. = Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang = "Poria, Licorice, Schizandra, Ginger, and Asarum Decoction"
sources: Bensky and Barolet, p. 444; Hsu, 1980, p. 556; Yeung, p. 147.
signs and symptoms: Coughing with profuse, thin white sputum, a feeling of discomfort in the chest and diaphragm, chills in the hands and feet, headache, delicate constitution, no fever.
tongue and pulse: White, greasy tongue coating, and wiry, slippery pulse.
indications: Lung Obstructed by Cold Damp-Phlegm. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pleurisy, pulmonary edema, cardiac asthma, edema, and ascites.
cautions and contraindications:
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 6 grams: dry ginger (gan jiang), poria (fu ling), schizandra (wu wei zi).
» 3 grams: licorice (gan cao).
» 1 gram: asarum (xi xin).
modifications:
» for profuse sputum with nausea, add pinellia (ban xia).
» for abdominal distention, add citrus (chen pi) and chih-ko (zhi ke).
» with loss of appetite, add codonopsis (dang shen) and white atractylodes (bai zhu).
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