bubble_chart Efficacy

Drying dampness and resolving phlegm, pacifying liver and extinguishing wind.

bubble_chart Indications

Phlegm-fluid retention ascending, causing dizziness, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, a white and greasy tongue coating, and a wiry and slippery pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Pineilia dries dampness and resolves phlegm, downbears counterflow to stop vomiting, and Gastrodia Tuber calms the liver and extinguishes wind to stop dizziness as the sovereign; White Atractylodes Rhizome moves the spleen and dries dampness, and Poria invigorates the spleen and drains dampness as the ministers; red tangerine exocarp regulates qi and resolves phlegm, and Fresh Ginger Rhizome、Chinese Date regulate the spleen and stomach as the assistants; Liquorice Root harmonizes the various medicinals as the envoy. The combination of these medicinals collectively achieves the effects of drying dampness and resolving phlegm, and calming the liver to extinguish wind.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

For deficiency, add Ginseng.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Modern medicine believes that this prescription reduces cerebrovascular resistance, dilates cerebral blood vessels, improves cerebral circulation, has antiemetic and diuretic effects, and eliminates labyrinthine edema. It is mainly used for: somnolence, apoplexy precursors, primary hypertension, otogenic vertigo, cerebral arteriosclerotic vertigo, neurasthenia; presenting with vertigo, headache, chest and diaphragm stuffiness, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, white greasy tongue coating, and wiry slippery pulse.