Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang (Hoelen & Atractylodes Combination)

Use for syndrome of phlegm retention, marked by fullness in the chest and hypochondria, palpitations, shortness of breath, coughing up clear and watery sputum, dizziness, pale tongue and swollen with white slippery or greasy coat. The classical formula "Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang" (Decoction of Poria, Bighead Atractylodes, Cinnamon and Licorice) in TCM is primarily used for syndrome of phlegm retention. It is regarded as typical formula for warming and eliminating water-dampness. It is applicable to such cases associated with edema as chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, emphysema, chronic gastritis, chronic nephritis, cardiogenic glomerulonephritis or chronic glomerulonephritis, etc., which pertains to retention of water-dampness and phlegm.

Product label: Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang (Hoelen & Atractylodes Combination)
Packing: 100 grams per bottle
Product of Taiwan.

Ingredients:
Fu Ling (sclerotium poriae cocos)
Gui Zhi (ramulus cinnamomi cassiae)
Bai Zhu (rhizoma atracylodis macrocephalae)
Zhi Gan Cao (honey baked radix glycyrrhizae uralensis).

Actions: warming and resolving the retention of phlegm and fluids, strengthening the spleen and excreting dampness.

Indications: Use for syndrome of phlegm retention, marked by fullness in the chest and hypochondria, palpitations, shortness of breath, coughing up clear and watery sputum, dizziness, pale tongue and swollen with white slippery or greasy coat, slippery and either wiry or soft pulse, and as well as aural vertigo at present. It is applicable to arrhythmia, excessive fluid attaching the heart, marked by palpitation, feeling of oppression in the chest, thirst without a desire to drink, scanty urine, edema of lower limbs, cold limbs, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, productive expectoration, pale tongue with smooth coating, and wiry and smooth or deep, thready and wiry pulse; senile macular degeneration, syndrome of accumulation of endogenous phlegm-dampness, exudative degeneration of macula in fundus examination, accompanied by the general symptoms of dizziness, tinnitus, short breath, palpitation, obesity physique and massive sputum, whitish smooth or yellowish greasy tongue coating and thready slippery pulse.*

Directions: As a dietary supplement, take 3 grams each time, two or three times daily.

通用名称：苓桂术甘汤
汉语拼音：ling gui zhu gan tang
包装规格：每瓶100gm

主要成分：茯苓、桂枝、白术、炙甘草 。

功能与主治：温阳化饮，健脾利湿。痰饮。头目眩晕，短气而咳，心悸，胸胁胀满，舌苔白滑且较厚，脉沉弦，或沉滑，沉紧。 痰饮之为病，其因多与肺脾肾三脏有关，尤以脾阳失于健运，三焦运化障碍为水饮留积的主要因素。 现代用治冠心病 、慢性支气管炎 、支气管哮喘、风湿性心瓣膜病等。

服法与用量：口服，一次3gm，一日3次。

苓桂术甘汤原方出自《伤寒论》和《金匮要略》，功能是温阳化饮，健脾利湿。后世称它为治疗痰饮病的代表方。现在广泛用于心脏神经症，精神病，神经官能症，心脏瓣膜炎，心律不齐和眼科疾患。