Poria, Licorice, Dried Ginger, Schisandra, Asarum, Pinellia, and Apricot Kernel Decoction

金匱要略

-- When water is removed and vomiting stops, if the person has swelling of the body, add Apricot Kernel to govern it. For this pattern, Ephedra should be included, but because the person then has numbness, it is not included; if it is included contrary to this, there will necessarily be reversal. The reason is that the person has blood deficiency, and Ephedra releases their yang. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))

Poria 4 liang, Licorice 3 liang, Schisandra half sheng, Dry Ginger 3 liang, Asarum 3 liang, Pinellia half sheng, Apricot Kernel half sheng (peeled and tipped). The above seven ingredients, with 1 dou of water, decoct to obtain 3 sheng, remove dregs, take half a sheng warm, three times daily. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))

The above seven ingredients, with 1 dou of water, decoct to obtain 3 sheng, remove dregs, take half a sheng warm, three times daily.

湯劑

Diffuse the lung and free qi, transform fluids and dispel phlegm.

Edema of the head, face, and limbs, cough with profuse phlegm, phlegm white, clear, and thin, chest oppression and panting, palpitations and dizziness, white greasy tongue coating, deep string-like slippery pulse, weak chi pulse.

For severe edema of the head, face, and limbs: add Ephedra: 10.

This formula's nature is relatively warm; it is suitable when cold fluids invade the lung; if phlegm fluids have transformed into heat, it is not suitable for use.