HERB FORMULAS

English:	Licorice, Ginger, Poria, and White Atractylodes Decoction
Also Known As:	Gan Jiang Ling Zhu Tang

Pharmaceutical Latin	*Pin Yin*	Dosage	Actions
Rz. Zingiberis	*Gan Jiang*	9-12g	Warms the Middle, expels Cold, *rescues Devastated Yang* and expels Interior Cold.** With Bai Zhu, for diarrhea due to Spleen Deficiency. With Gan Cao, for epigastric pain and vomiting due to Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold. Wit Fu Ling, Gan Cao and Bai Zhu, for Cold-Dampness in the Lower Jiao leading to a sense of heaviness and Cold in the lower back.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae	*Bai Zhu*	6-9g	Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism. With Gan Jiang, eliminates Cold Dampness in the Spleen with loss of taste, a sticky sensation in the mouth, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and a thick, white tongue coat. With Fu Ling and Gan Cao, for Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	6-9g	Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
Poria	*Fu Ling*	12-15g	Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle Jiao. With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Contraindicated for those with heaviness of the body and backache due to Damp-Heat.

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

For severe Cold and pain:		For chronic backache and vaginal discharges:
+ Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata	Zhi Fu Zi	+ Flos Carthami	Hong Hua
		For older patients with chronic backache and urinary frequency and incontinence in children up to age fourteen:
Rx. et Rz. Hb. cum Rx. Asari	Xi Xin
For severe Dampness:
+ Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie	+ Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata	Zhi Fu Zi
+ Rz. Atractylodis	Cang Zhu
		+ Cornu Cervi Degelatinum	Lu Jiao Jiao
+ Sm. Coicis	Yi Yi Ren
For pronounced Spleen Qi Deficiency:		For low back pain due to Cold-Damp:
+ Rx. Ginseng	Ren Shen	- Rz. Zingiberis	Gan Jiang
For low back pain due to severe Cold-Damp:		+ 6g Rz. Zingiberis Recens	Sheng Jiang
+ Leach out Dampness Decoction Shen Shi Tang
		+12g Rx. Cyathulae	Chuan Niu Xi
+ Cx. Cinnamomi	Rou Gui	+ 12g Rx. Dipsaci	Xu Duan
+ Rx. Ephedrae	Ma Huang	+ 12g Ram. Cinnamomi	Gui Zhi
+ Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae	Bai Zhi	+ 12g Cx. Eucommiae	Du Zhong
		+ 15g Hb. Visci	Hu Ji Sheng
For chronic low back pain due to severe Cold-Damp with Kidney Deficiency:		or
		+ Leach out Dampness Decoction Shen Shi Tang
+ Leach out Dampness Decoction Shen Shi Tang
		or
+ Cx. Eucommiae	Du Zhong	+ 9g Cx. Eucommiae	Du Zhong
+ Hb. Taxilli	Sang Ji Sheng	+ 9g Rx Achyranthis Bidentatae	Niu Xi
+ Rx. Dipsaci	Xu Duan
For low back pain due to Cold-Damp with severe heaviness in the low back:		+ 9g Hb. Taxilli	Sang Ji Sheng

+ 9g Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae	Han Fang Ji

+ 30g Sm. Coicis	Yi Yi Ren