Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Geumgwe Yoryak (金匱要略)

Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes, and Licorice Decoction

Yeonggyechulgam-tang

한글 영계출감탕 · Pinyin Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang

苓桂朮甘湯

Composition 構成

Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

8 g
Chief 君
Gyeji Gui Zhi
桂枝 계지 · Cinnamon Twig

6 g
Deputy 臣
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 22 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.

Actions 效能

Warms and transforms phlegm-fluids
Strengthens the Spleen and drains dampness

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Phlegm-fluids from Spleen Yang deficiency
Dizziness on standing with chest and hypochondriac fullness
Palpitations with watery sounds in the stomach

Biomedical correlates

Orthostatic dizziness
Vertigo with fluid retention
Palpitations of functional origin

Clinical commentary 臨床

The master formula for retained fluids — its principle, warm herbs to transform them, became a law of the tradition. Four herbs behind half the dizziness cases that walk into clinic. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.