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

HerbAmount
ban xia6 g
chen pi4.5 g
fu ling6 g
zhi gan cao3 g
dang gui6 g
sheng di huang9 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

Modifications

Names

Pinyinjin shui liu jun jian
English NameSix Gentleman of Metal and Water Decoction

Classification

Category
Dry Dampness and Expel Phlegm
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