Wu Lin San, Five Ingredient Powder for Painful Urinary Dysfunction, is Chi Fu Ling, Dang Gui, Gan Cao, Chi Shao and Zhi Zi. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that clear Damp-Heat.

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Amount

18 g

15 g

15 g

60 g

60 g

Actions and indications

Clears Heat and cools the Blood

Damp-Heat painful urinary dysfunction with blood in the urine
Painful, difficult passing of red urine containing many small stones
Dark urine and tiredness

Promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction

Possible sudden pain of the lower abdomen or around the navel, or hernia

Modern uses

Urethritis
Cystitis
Pyelonephritis
Acute glomerulonephritis
Urinary calculi
Renal calculi
Hematuria
Oliguria
Acute prostatitis
Prostatic hypertrophy
Gonorrhea
Postpartum urinary disorder
Dysuria during pregnancy
Edema during pregnancy
Appendicitis
Hernia
Fatigue

Modifications

Visible Blood in urine: + bai mao gen, + xiao ji, + mo han lian

Painful, bloody urination: + sheng di huang, + mu dan pi, + huai niu xi

Urinary calculi: + jin qian cao, + hai jin sha, + ji nei jin

Qi stagnation, lower abdominal distention: + wu yao, + sheng ma

Turbid urine: + qu mai, + shi wei

Turbid urine, alternative: + shi wei

More Heat: + huang lian

Qi Lin in the elderly: + ren shen, + huang qi, + sheng ma

Lin syndrome, Blood stagnation: + tao ren, + mu dan pi, + yan hu suo, + hu po

Thirst from Heat and Fire: + hua shi, + shi gao

Jaundice: + yin chen, + huang qin

Prostatic hypertrophy (combined with Ba Zheng San): + hu zhang

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Urethritis, cystitis, pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis or Reiter's syndrome: + huang qin, + chao bai shao, + sheng di huang, + ze xie, − chi shao
Dysuria during pregnancy: + huang qin, + chao bai shao, + sheng di huang, + ze xie, − chi shao

Pinyin

wu lin san

English Name

Five Ingredient Powder for Painful Urinary Dysfunction

wu lin san

About wu lin san

Ingredients

Actions and indications

Clears Heat and cools the Blood

Promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction

Modern uses

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