Yin Chen Wu Ling San (Capillaris and Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria)

Capillaris and Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria

Jin Gui Yao Lue, c. 220 CE

• Yin Chen Hao (resolve jaundice) – chief
• Wu Ling San (Ze Xie, Fu Ling, Zhu Ling, Bai Zhu, Gui Zhi) – drain damp/promote urination

• Clears damp and resolves jaundice
• Promotes urination and leaches out dampness

Damp-predominant damp-heat jaundice: yellowing of the skin and eyes with a dull hue, a stifling chest and abdomen, scanty urination, loose stools, and little thirst.

Tongue: white or yellow greasy coat. Pulse: soggy or slippery.

For heat-predominant jaundice with constipation, use Yin Chen Hao Tang instead.

For damp-predominant jaundice; not for heat-predominant or deficiency jaundice.