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

金匱要略

-- When the water has left and vomiting has stopped, if the person has bodily swelling, add apricot kernel to govern it. For this pattern, Ephedra should be included; because the person has impediment, it is not included. If one contrary includes it, there will surely be reversal. The reason is that the person has blood deficiency, and Ephedra effuses yang. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))

Poria 4 liang, licorice 3 liang, schisandra half a sheng, dried ginger 3 liang, asarum 3 liang, Pinellia half a sheng, apricot kernel half a sheng (peeled, tip removed). The above seven ingredients, with one dou of water, boil to reduce to three sheng, remove the dregs, take half a sheng warm, three times daily. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))

The above seven ingredients, with one dou of water, boil to reduce to three sheng, remove the dregs, take half a sheng warm, three times daily.

湯劑

Diffuse the lung and regulate qi; transform fluids and dispel phlegm

Edema of the head, face, and limbs, cough with profuse phlegm, thin clear white phlegm, chest oppression and panting, palpitations and dizziness, white greasy tongue coating, deep stringy slippery pulse, and deficient cubit pulse.

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

This formula's medicinal nature is warm; it is suitable when cold fluids assail the lung, but it should not be used if phlegm fluids have transformed into heat.