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Hsu Yao Chin1* Lee Chia Jung1 Lee Yu Sheng1 Wang Yu Ting1
1Department of Chinese medicine, Chi Mei medical center, Tainan, Taiwan
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Linggui Zhugan Decoction is a Chinese herbal formula from an ancient traditional Chinese Medicine book titled Shang Han Zabing Lun in which noted that this decoction is mainly applied to phlegm-related diseases such as epigastric distention, dizziness and shortness of breath. The formula comprises four Chinese herbs: Poria, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Radix Glycyrrhizae. Poria strengthens the spleen, drains dampness, and transforms phlegm; Ramulus Cinnamomi warms the Yang, facilitates the flow of Qi through channels, and helps to resolve congested fluids; Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae strengthens the spleen and dries dampness. Radix Glycyrrhizae supplements spleen Qi and harmonizes other herbs. These four herbs work together to strengthen spleen, resolve dampness, warm and transform the phlegm.
Only when we identify the phlegm pattern, distinguish the key mechanism, the position of illness (in organs or channels), the influence of other causes (wind, cold, damp, heat, vacuity, stasis), we could flexibly apply Linggui Zhugan Decoction in treating other clinical diseases including coronary diseases, impediment or muscle pain, hypertension, frequent urination, gastrointestinal diseases, nasal diseases and so on. In this article, we presented five effective cases using Linggui Zhugan Decoction to show that despite of different signs and symptoms, they all suffered from phlegm and dampness due to a common mechanism of devitalized middle Yang, reflecting the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine: to treat the root; to treat different diseases with same method.
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222.5 苓桂术甘汤治疗痰饮病的文献回顾与临床验案解析
