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Wu Ling San (五苓散) promotes urination and drains dampness while warming the yang and transforming qi; for water accumulation with impaired qi transformation of the Bladder.
English Name
Five Ingredient Powder with Poria
Classical Source
Shang Han Lun, c. 220 CE
Ingredients
Actions & Functions
- Promotes urination and drains dampness
- Warms the yang and transforms qi (Bladder)
Indications
Water accumulation: oedema, scanty urination, thirst with vomiting of fluid on drinking, and a stifling fullness below the chest; also damp diarrhoea.
Tongue & Pulse
Tongue: white coat. Pulse: floating or moderate.
Modifications
Add Yin Chen Hao (Yin Chen Wu Ling San) for damp jaundice.
Cautions & Contraindications
Not for oedema purely from yin deficiency.