Linking Decoction
(yi guan jian 一貫煎)

Source: Liuzhou’s Medical Essays《柳州醫話》

bei sha shen coastal glehnia root Radix Glehniae 北沙參
mai dong dwarf lily-turf tuber Radix Ophiopogonis 麥冬
dang gui angelica root Radix Angelicae Sinensis 當歸
sheng di rehmannia root Radix Rehmanniae 生地
gou qi chi Chinese wolfberry Fructus Lycii 枸杞子
chuan lian zi Sichuan Chinaberry Fructus Meliae Toosendon 川楝子

Indications: distending pain in the chest and upper abdomen, belching, acid regurgitation, mouth dryness, red tongue, which are signs of yin deficiency of the liver and kidney with concurrent qi stagnation. With appropriate modifications, this formula is commonly used in chronic conditions like peptic ulcers, gastritis, hepatitis, cirrhosis, rib sides pain, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and neurosis.


主治：肝腎陰虛，血燥氣鬱，出現胸脅脹痛，噯氣吞酸，咽乾口燥，舌紅少津。多用於消化性潰瘍、胃炎、肝炎、肝硬化、肋間神經痛、高血壓、糖尿病，神經官能症等慢性病，而又屬肝腎陰虛者。