Poria, Apricot Seed, and Licorice Decoction

金匱要略

Chest impediment, with qi blockage in the chest and shortness of breath: Fuling Xingren Gancao Decoction governs it; Ju Zhi Jiang Decoction also governs it. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))

Poria 3 liang; apricot kernel 50 pieces; licorice 1 liang. The above three ingredients, with water 1 dou, boil and take 5 sheng; take 1 sheng warm, three times a day (if not resolved, take again). (Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases))

With water 1 dou, boil and take 5 sheng; take 1 sheng warm, three times a day. If not cured, take again.

湯劑

Unblock Yang and transform fluids; diffuse and guide the qi mechanism.

Chest pain, chest oppression, predominantly oppression, shortness of breath, or a sensation as if water-rheum is rushing upward in the chest, or vomiting thin clear phlegm and drool, pale tongue, slippery coating, deep or slippery pulse.