wu lin san

Name: wu lin san
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Five Ingredient Powder for Painful Urinary Dysfunction

About wu lin san

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.

Ingredients

Herb	Amount
chi fu ling	18 g
dang gui	15 g
gan cao	15 g
chi shao	60 g
zhi zi	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

Symptoms

Abdominal pain
Dark urine
Fatigue
Hematuria
Hernia
Lower abdominal pain
Painful urination
Stones in the urine

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

Cautions

contraindication Only for painful urinary dysfunction of an excess type; not for deficiency types

Names

Pinyin	wu lin san
English Name	Five Ingredient Powder for Painful Urinary Dysfunction

Classification

Category: Clear Damp Heat

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