jin shui liu jun jian

Six Gentleman of Metal and Water Decoction

About jin shui liu jun jian

Jin Shui Liu Jun Jian, Six Gentlemen of Metal and Water Decoction, adds Dang Gui and Sheng Di Huang to the Er Chen Tang base. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that dry Dampness and expel Phlegm, and records it as moistening the Lung and Kidney at the same time.

Ingredients

Herb	Amount
ban xia	6 g
chen pi	4.5 g
fu ling	6 g
zhi gan cao	3 g
dang gui	6 g
sheng di huang	9 g

Actions and indications

Enriches and moistens the Lung and Kidney

Yin of the Lung and Kidney depleted, giving rise to Damp-Phlegm
Cough with a parched throat, wheezing and laboured breathing
Tongue dry, with a peeled coat or a thick white coat; pulse thin and rapid, or slippery, or thin, slippery and empty

Regulates Qi, dispels Damp and transforms Phlegm

Plentiful thick white sputum, hard to bring up and sometimes salty in taste
Stuffy, oppressed feeling in the chest and diaphragm, with palpitations

Harmonizes the Middle Jiao

Nausea and vomiting

Modern uses

Common colds in older people
Hemoptysis
Cough
Asthma
Asthma in the elderly
Chronic bronchitis in older people
COPD
Male menopause
Nausea and vomiting
Palpitations

Symptoms

Abnormal taste in the mouth
Chest oppression
Copious sputum
Cough
Dry throat
Nausea
Palpitations
Shortness of breath
Sputum difficult to expectorate
Vomiting
Wheezing
White sputum

Modifications

Coughing of blood: + pu huang, + san qi, + bai ji, + chen pi, + zhi ban xia, + jie geng, + zhi ke, − sheng jiang
Coughing of blood with severe, stabbing pain in the chest: + pu huang, + san qi, + bai ji, + wu ling zhi, + yan hu suo, − sheng jiang
Asthma between attacks, with a weak Spleen and deficient Lung Qi and Yin: + dang shen, + huang qi, − sheng jiang

Names

Pinyin	jin shui liu jun jian
English Name	Six Gentleman of Metal and Water Decoction

Classification

Category: Dry Dampness and Expel Phlegm