Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang

Ingredients: Hoelen fungus (fu ling), Cinnamon twig (gui zhi), Atractylodes root (bai zhu),Chinese licorice root (zhi gan cao).

Source:

• Discussion of Cold Damage (Shang Han Lun, 206)

How it works:

• Brings warmth to and transforms the retention of phlegm and other fluids
• Fortifies the spleen
• Dispels dampness

Clinical Applications:

• Deficiency in the spleen yang causing the retention of phlegm and other fluids
• Thin and white tongue coating

This 2000-year-old formula was developed by the renowned Han dynasty physician Zhang Zhongjing. Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang warms and transforms the retention of phlegm and other fluids, fortifies the spleen, and dispels dampness in order to alleviate a spleen yang deficiency causing the retention of phlegm and other fluids.

Main Ingredient(s):

In this formula, Hoelen fortifies the spleen, dispels dampness, and transforms phlegm, and Atractylodes also fortifies the spleen and dispels dampness to supplement the spleen’s ability to transform phlegm and dampness.