Wu Pi Yin, Five Peel Decoction, is Sang Bai Pi, Sheng Jiang Pi, Fu Ling Pi, Da Fu Pi, Wu Jia Pi and Di Gu Pi — six peels, despite the name. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that promote urination and leach out Dampness.

Herb

Amount

15 g

6 g

15 g

15 g

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Actions and indications

Resolves Damp and reduces edema

Skin water: Spleen deficiency with heavy Damp and Qi stagnation
Edema of the whole body, including edema in summer and in pregnancy
Difficult urination

Regulates Qi and reduces swelling

Heaviness, bloating and fullness in the epigastrium and abdomen, with distention of the chest
Heavy, labored or quick breathing, gasping and asthma

Strengthens the Kidneys

Tongue normal with a white slippery coat; pulse thin and moderate, or slippery

Modern uses

Edema, including whole-body edema
Edema during pregnancy
Menopausal edema
Protein-deficiency edema
Cardiac edema
Nephritic edema
Dropsy
Nephritis
Kidney failure
Ascites from liver cirrhosis
Congestive heart failure
Abdominal fullness and distention
Gasping
Urticaria
Obesity

Modifications

Edema in upper body: + fang feng, + qiang huo

Edema in lower body: + han fang ji, + ze xie

Edema of the upper body, alternative: + fang feng, + zi su ye, + jing jie, + bai zhi

Edema of the lower body, alternative: + han fang ji, + che qian zi

Damp-Heat lodged in Lower Jiao, edema below waist: + hua shi, + che qian zi, + yi yi ren

Internal Cold-Damp: + gan jiang, + zhi fu zi

Severe abdominal distention: + lai fu zi, + hou po

Marked Spleen deficiency: + dang shen, + bai zhu

Edema in pregnancy: + yu mi xu

Edema: + dong gua pi, + che qian cao, + huang qi

Constipation from accumulation in Stomach and intestines: + da huang, + zhi shi

Edema above waist: + ma huang, + xing ren

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Edema below waist: + chuan jiao, + han fang ji, + che qian zi
Above-waist edema, other option: + qiang huo, + fang feng
Edema (second option): + huang qi, + bai zhu
Nephrotic syndrome (combined with Zhen Wu Tang)

Pinyin

wu pi yin

English Name

Five Peel Decoction

wu pi yin

About wu pi yin

Ingredients

Actions and indications

Resolves Damp and reduces edema

Regulates Qi and reduces swelling

Strengthens the Kidneys

Modern uses

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Modifications

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