苓桂甘枣汤
Ingredients
Explanation
Gui Zhi: Being pungent and sweet in flavor and warm in nature, expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin by means of diaphoresis, warming the channels to dispel pathogenic cold.
Zhi Gan Cao: Supplementing Qi and regulating the stomach, together with Gui Zhi aiding in expelling the pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin, together with Shao Yao replenishing Yin, tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.
Fu Ling: Inducing diuresis and draining dampness, invigorating the spleen and inducing tranquilization.
Da Zao: Invigorating the spleen-Qi, relieving the liver depression, treating deficiency of the heart.
Effect
Warm heart-yang and promote diuresis.
Indications
Kidney deficiency, difficult urination.
Administration
Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken twice.