Eliminating dampness

Question 1

Counterflow of stomach qi
Abdominal distension and fullness
Poor appetite, tastelessness
Nausea, vomiting, belching, acid swallowing
Heavy limbs, mental fatigue, lack of strength, somnolence
Diarrhea
T: white, greasy, thick coating//P: slow

Answer 1

Ping Wei San 平胃散 p.181/p.2119

Dampness accumulation in the spleen (taiyin) and stomach;

Question 2

Aversion to cold with fever
Chest and diaphragm distention and depression 
Abdominal pain
Nausea, vomiting, headache
bowel sounds and diarrhea
T: white, greasy coating.

Can also be used for conditions contracted from the clouds, and mists in mountains, malaria, and inability to acclimate

Answer 2

Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San p.183

Contraction of exogenous wind-cold and internal damage by internal dampness; causes SP/ST disharmony and disturbance of ascending descending

Question 3

Bright yellow discoloration of skin, face, and eyes
Fever, absence of sweating; or only sweating on the head
Thirst w/ desire to drink
Nausea, vomiting
Slight abdominal distension
Scanty dark urin
Diarrhea or constipation
T: red w/ greasy yellow coating
P: deep, rapid; or slippery rapid and powerful

Answer 3

Yin Chen Hao Tang p.189/p.2144

Damp Heat Jaundice; Heat invasion mixed with Spleen dampness, causing qi stagnation, and damp-heat entering liver and GB

Question 4

Dysuria, edema
Headache with mild fever, dizziness
Thirst and desire to drink, vomiting as soon as drinking (ST)
Throbbing below the navel (lower jiao)
Spitting, shortness of breath, cough (LU)
Diarrhea (LI, ST)
T: white coating //P: floating; or floating and rapid

Answer 4

Wu Ling San 五苓散 p.174/p.2220

Water amassment due dysfunction of bladder qi transformation
External pathogen in taiyang, enters fu organ. May affect upper (LU), middle (LI/ST) or lower jiao

Question 5

Sweating, aversion to wind
Heavy body, slight swelling, pain of the limbs and joints
Dysuria
T: pale with white coating 
P: floating

Answer 5

Fang Ji Huang Qi Tang 防己黄芪汤 p.179/p.2243

Wind water and wind damp contraction and accumulation caused by exterior deficiency and insecure wei qi

Question 6

Dysuria, blood strangury (difficult, painful urination)
Fever, thirst w/ desire to drink, vexation, insomnia (HT)
Coughing (LU)
Vomiting, nausea, diarrhea (ST)
Pain and distension of the abdomen
T: red w/white or slightly yellow coating//P: thready and rapid

Answer 6

Zhu Ling Tang 猪苓汤 p.176/p.2233

Binding water and heat; Consumption of yin fluids due external cold invasion reaching interior and transforming into heat