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Fang Ji Fu Ling Tang (防己茯苓湯) warms the yang, promotes urination and dispels wind-water; for skin (superficial) oedema with yang deficiency and water in the muscles.
English Name
Stephania and Poria Decoction
Classical Source
Jin Gui Yao Lue, c. 220 CE
Ingredients
Actions & Functions
- Warms the yang and promotes urination
- Dispels wind-water from the muscles and skin
Indications
Skin oedema with yang deficiency: puffy swelling of the limbs with a sensation of fullness and twitching of the muscles, worse in the four limbs.
Tongue & Pulse
Tongue: pale with a white coat. Pulse: floating or deep.
Modifications
Use Han Fang Ji only; never Aristolochia.
Cautions & Contraindications
For yang-deficiency skin oedema; not for damp-heat oedema.
