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Promotes urination and drains Damp

Tai Yang water build-up: Bladder Qi fails to transform fluids, so water pools below while the upper body goes without Scanty or difficult urination or urinary retention, fullness and distention of the lower abdomen

Warms Yang and promotes Qi transformation

Lingering exterior signs: headache, mild fever or aversion to wind and cold Great thirst with a wish to drink, but water is vomited straight back up Tongue coat white and slippery, or thick, white and greasy; pulse floating and rapid

Strengthens the Spleen

Edema from Spleen deficiency with a heavy body, swelling of the limbs or trunk, and loose stools or diarrhea Vomiting and diarrhea at the same time

Disperses retained fluids

Fluid retained below the navel: throbbing or pulsing in the lower abdomen, dizziness, vertigo and palpitations Phlegm-fluid patterns with vomiting of frothy saliva, cough and shortness of breath Irritability and abdominal pain

Modern uses

Acute or chronic nephritis and nephritic edema Acute nephritis Glomerulonephritis Pyelonephritis and nephropyelitis Nephrotic syndrome Early renal insufficiency Chronic renal failure Uremia Cystitis Urinary tract and genitourinary infections Urolithiasis Urinary retention Oliguria Neurogenic bladder Prostatitis Benign prostatic hypertrophy Scrotal hydrocele and scrotal edema Congestive heart failure Cardiac edema Coronary heart disease Pericardial and pleural effusions Palpitations Edema Ascites from liver cirrhosis Cirrhosis of the liver Chronic and viral hepatitis Cholecystitis Acute gastroenteritis Acute or chronic enteritis with diarrhea Gastritis Gastroptosis Gastric dilation and gastric relaxation Indigestion, including in infants Cyclic vomiting Vomiting and diarrhea with a common cold Diarrhea Abdominal pain Anorexia Cholera and pseudocholera Intestinal tuberculosis Hypersalivation Meniere's disease Dizziness and vertigo Motion sickness and seasickness Headache, including migraine, recurrent headache and headache from raised pressure in the skull Hydrocephalus Trigeminal neuralgia Multiple sclerosis Glaucoma Central serous retinopathy Catarrhal conjunctivitis Viral conjunctivitis Dacryocystitis Night blindness Otitis media Allergic rhinitis Vocal cord polyps (diffuse) Common cold Influenza Fever Cough Bronchitis Pneumonia Asthma COPD Emphysema Dyspnea Eczema Urticaria, including cold-type urticaria Flat warts Blisters Herpes zoster Varicella Alopecia Aphthous ulcers Lupus erythematosus Hypertension Gestational hypertension and toxemia of pregnancy Edema during pregnancy Polyhydramnios Vaginal discharge Diabetes Obesity Impotence Low back pain Hernia ze xie fu ling zhu ling bai zhu gui zhi