Expel Dampness: Warm and Transform Water and Dampness

Question 1

Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang (Poria, cinnamon twig, Actractylodes, and Licorice Decoction)

Answer 1

Warms and transforms phlegm and thin mucus, strengthens the Spleen, and resolves dampness

LU Damp-Phlegm or Phlegm-fluid (Tai Yin)syndrome: Cough with copious sputum, fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, vertigo

T: pale and swollen with white slippery coat

P: wiry or soggy

• Fu Ling
• Gui Zhi
• Bai Zhu
• Zhi Gan Cao

Question 2

Zhen Wu Tang (True Warrior Decoction )

Answer 2

Warms the Yang and Promotes Urination

KD/SP Yang deficiency causing Water retention: Abdominal pain aggravated by cold, urinart difficulty, deep aching and heaviness in the extremities, generalized edema, loose stools, dizziness, heavy sensation in the head, palpitations, coughing, vomiting

T: Pale/putple swollen tongue with teeth marks and a white slippery coat

P: Deep, thin, weak

Overuse of diaphoresis in Taiyang syndrome causing palpitation and sivering: Fever, palpitation in the epigastrium, dizziness, shivering and trembling with an unsteady appearance

• Fu Zi
• Bai Zhu
• Fu Ling
• Sheng Jiang
• Bai Shao

Question 3

Shi Pi Yin (Bolster the Spleen Drink)

Answer 3

Warms the yang, strengthens the Spleen, moves the qi and promotes urination

Yin Edema due to SP/KD Yang Deficiency: Generalized edema that is more severe below the waist,cold extremities, chest and abdominal fullness and distention, loss of appetite, scanty urination, liquidy, unformed stools

T: thick, greasy coat

P: submerged, slow, thin

• Fu Zi
• Gan Jiang
• Fu Ling
• Bai Zhu
• Mu Gua
• Hou Po
• Mu Xiang
• Da Fu Pi
• Cao Guo
• Zhi Gan Cao
• Sheng JIang
• Da Zao

Question 4

Bi Xie Fen Qing Yin (Tokoro Drink to Separate the Clear)

Answer 4

Warms the Kidneys, promotes the resolution of dampness, separates out the clear, and transforms the turbid

Cloudy Urination due to KD Yang Deficiency-Cold: Frequent urination, turbid urine with a milky or rice water appearance, and a dense or greasy quality

T: Pale with a white coat

P: submerged

NOTE: CLoudy painful urinary dysfunction is known as Gao Lin

• Bi Xie
• Yi Zhi Ren
• Wu Yao
• Shi Chang Pu