Gansui Root|Kansui Root

Indication：Da Xian Xiong Tang is indicated for thoracic accumulation caused by the binding of water and heat. The symptoms are pain that refuses pressure below heart, hardness in the diseased location, or there is a full, hard, and painful region below the heart and above the lesser abdomen and touching is not tolerated. Other accompanying symptoms are shortness of breath, vexation, constipation, and mild tidal fever in the afternoon. The tongue is red with a yellow greasy or watery coating, and the pulse is deep and tight or deep, slow, and powerful.

Indication：This formula is used for pleural rheum with chest and hypochondriac radiating pain caused by coughing and spitting. There is also hardness and distention below the heart, belching, shortness of breath, headache, dizziness, pulling pain resulting in breathlessness, a slippery tongue coating, and a deep and wiry pulse. It is also indicated for edema all over the body, especially in the lower half of the body, with abdominal distention, panting, and difficult defecation and urination.