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Source: Jīn Guì Yào Lüè 金匮要略

Alternate Chinese names: Gān cǎo gān jiāng fú líng bái zhú tāng (甘草干姜茯苓白朮汤 Licorice, Dried Ginger, Poria, and White Atractylodes Decoction); Gān cǎo gān jiāng líng zhú tāng (甘草干姜苓朮汤 Licorice, Dried Ginger, Poria, and White Atractylodes Decoction)

Ingredients

• Gān cǎo (甘草 Glycyrrhizae Radix, licorice [root]) 6g
• Gān jiāng (干姜 Zingiberis Rhizoma, dried ginger) 10g
• Fú líng (茯苓 Poria , poria) 15g
• Bái zhú (白朮 Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, white atractylodes [root]) 12g.

Actions: Warms the spleen, dispels damp, and relieves pain.

Indications: Damage by cold-damp with cold pain and sagging heaviness from the lumbus downwards, absence of thirst, and uninhibited urination. Tongue fur: White.

Method: Decoct with water.

Rationale: Gān jiāng warms the channels and disperses cold, warming the spleen rather than the kidney. Bái zhú moves the spleen and dries dampness, and combined with Gān jiāng as warms spleen yáng. Gān cǎo and Gān jiāng are an acrid, sweet Gān jiāng warms the channels and disperses cold, warming the spleen rather than the kidney. Bái zhú moves the spleen and dries dampness, and combined with Gān jiāng as warms spleen yáng. Gān cǎo and Gān jiāng are an acrid, sweet

Notes: This is Líng guì zhú gān tāng (苓桂朮甘汤 Poria, Cinnamon Twig, White Atractylodes, and Licorice Decoction) with Gān jiāng instead of Gān cǎo.

Similar: Zhēn wǔ tāng (真武汤 True Warrior Decoction)

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