Five-Peel Decoction
Chinese Prescription: Wu Pi Yin
English Translation: Five-Peel Decoction
Formula Type: Promote Urination and Leach Out Dampness
Actions: Resolves dampness, reduces edema, regulates the qi, & nourishes the Kidneys.
Indications: Variation of Wu Pi San.Treats skin edema with a sensation of heaviness, fullness in the abdomen, labored breathing, urinary difficulty, with a white greasy tongue coating. Also nourishes the Kidneys by shifting the focus from the upper to the lower burner.
Contraindications: Unknown.
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Di Gu Pi / Lycium Root Bark, Wolfberry Cortex |
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Taste: Sweet • Temperature: Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Clear Def. Heat |
Dosage6-15g |
Actions1. Drains fire from yin deficiency: for such symptoms as night sweats, steaming bone disorder with sweating, chronic low-grade fevers, irritability, & thirst.
2. Clears heat & stops coughing: for Lung heat cough or wheezing.
3. Clears heat & cools the blood: for nosebleed, vomiting of blood, & bloody urine due to the reckless movement of hot blood.
4. Drains floating fire in the Kidney channel: for toothache due to fire from deficiency. |
MeridiansLung, Liver, Kidney |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of Stomach & Spleen cold from deficiency with loose stools, & in exterior disorders. |
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Sheng Jiang Pi / Ginger (fresh) Rhizome Bark |
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Taste: • Temperature: • Category: Warm Interior & Expel Cold • Sub Category: Diuretic |
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Fu Ling Pi / Poria Skin |
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Taste: Sweet, Bland • Temperature: Neutral • Category: Drain Damp • Sub Category: |
Dosage9-15g |
ActionsSee fu ling. The poria skin is a stronger diuretic & is more suitable for promoting urination than for tonifying. |
MeridiansHeart, Spleen, Lung |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of frequent copious urine due to deficiency cold. |
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Wu Jia Pi / Acanthopanax Root and Bark |
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Taste: Acrid, Bitter • Temperature: Warm • Category: Dispel Wind-Damp • Sub Category: Tendon & Bone Strengthening |
Dosage4.5-15g |
Actions1. Dispels wind-dampness & strengthens the sinews & bones: for chronic wind-cold-damp painful obstruction when chronic dificiency of the Liver & Kidneys generates weak or soft sinews & bones. This herb is especially useful when the smooth flow of qi & blood is obstructed. It is particularly suitable for treating the elderly, & for developmental delays in the motor function of children.
2. Transforms dampness & reduces swelling: for urinary difficulty, edema, & damp-cold leg qi. |
MeridiansKidney, Liver |
CautionsUse with caution in cases of yin deficiency with heat signs. |
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Da Fu Pi / Areca Peel, Betel Husk |
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Taste: Acrid • Temperature: Slightly Warm • Category: Regulate Qi • Sub Category: |
Dosage6-9g |
Actions1. Promotes the downward movement of qi & reduces stagnation: for patterns of food stagnation & qi obstruction with such sugns as epigastric & abdominal distention, regurgitation of food, & belching with acid regurgitation. Espeically useful when these disorders are accompanied by constipation.
2. Expels dampness: for damp stagnation in the Stomach & Intestines.
3. Promotes urination & reduces edema: for abdominal distention accompanies by edema, especially superficial edema, or the symptoms of food stagantion. Also used for damp leg qi. |
MeridiansLarge Intestins, Small Intestine, Spleen, Stomach |
CautionsUse with caution in cases of qi deficiency. |