fang ji fu ling tang

Stephania and Poria Decoction

About fang ji fu ling tang

Fang Ji Fu Ling Tang, Stephania and Poria Decoction, is Han Fang Ji, Huang Qi, Gui Zhi, Fu Ling and Gan Cao. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that promote urination and leach out Dampness.

Ingredients

HerbAmount
han fang ji9 g
huang qi9 g
gui zhi9 g
fu ling18 g
gan cao6 g

Actions and indications

Augments Qi and unblocks Yang

  • Skin edema
  • Body and limbs feel heavy
  • Fine twitching of the skin and muscles of the limbs

Promotes urination and reduces edema

  • Pitting edema, most marked in the limbs
  • Difficult urination
  • Tongue normal with a white, slippery coat; pulse floating

Modern uses

  • Skin edema
  • Cardiac edema
  • Nephritic edema
  • Nephritis
  • Oliguria

Symptoms

Modifications

Cautions

Preparation

Taken in three or four doses through the day

Names

Pinyinfang ji fu ling tang
English NameStephania and Poria Decoction

Classification

Category
Promote Urination and leach out dampness
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