Wuling San Wan (, Pīnyīn: Wǔlíng sǎn wán) is a blackish-brown pill used in traditional Chinese medicine to "invigorate the function of the kidney and cause diuresis".State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. . It is slightly aromatic and tastes slightly pungent. It is used where there is "oliguria, edema and abdominal distension accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea, dryness of the mouth but no desire for drink due to dysfunctional activity of bladder-qi, stagnation of endogenous hygrosyndrome inside the body". The binding agent of the pill is honey.
Chinese classic herbal formula NameChinese (S)GramsPoria茯苓 180 Rhizoma Alismatis泽泻 300 Polyporus豬苓 180 Cortex Cinnamomi桂皮 120 Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (stir-baked) 白术 (炒) 180
See also Chinese classic herbal formula Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan
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