LINKING DECOCTION
Yi Guan Jian
‘Linking Decoction’
Source: Medical Cases from Famous Doctors (Supplemented Ming Yi Lei An, 1770)
Keywords
hepatitis, hepatocirrhosis, ulcers, gastritis, costal neuralgia, pleurisy, neurosis and testitis (orhitis).
Ingredients
Adenophora tetraphylla (Sha Shen, ladybell)
Ophiopogon japonicus (Mai Dong, ophiopogon)
Angelica
sinensis (Dang Gui, Chinese angelica)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Sheng Di, raw rehmannia)
Lycium chinensis
(Gou Qi Zi, lycium fruit)
Melia toosendan (Chuan Lian Zi, melia)
Major therapeutic action
Nourishes the Liver and Kidney, soothes the Liver, regulates qi.
Analgesic, antifebrile.
Indications
|* yin deficiency of the Liver and Kidney.
* With the appropriate key symptoms, this formula can be used to treat biomedical conditions such as
chronic hepatitis, hepatocirrhosis in early stage, ulcers, chronic gastritis, costal neuralgia, pleurisy, neu-
rosis and chronic testitis, etc.
Key symptoms for use
* pain in the chest, epigastric and hypochondriac regions
* acid reflux
* bitter taste
* dry mouth and throat
* red tongue with scanty fluid
* fine and wiry pulse or weak and wiry pulse
* hernia
* abdominal lumps
Not suitable for patients with Phlegm Damp and accumulated Fluid. None noted.
The typical dose is three grams twice daily, before meals. In severe cases or the early stages of treatment (the first two weeks), a 50-100% increase in dose may be used, then reduced as the treatment takes effect.