五苓散

Chinese

		five	fungus; tuber	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (五苓散)		五	苓	散
simp. #(五苓散)		五	苓	散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔlíng sǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄙㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔlíng sǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄙㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔlíng sǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-ling² san³
    • Yale: wǔ-líng sǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuling saan
    • Palladius: улин сань (ulin sanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

五苓散

1. A pale yellow powder used in traditional Chinese medicine "to invigorate the function of the kidney and cause diuresis, in the treatment of oliguria, edema and abdominal distension, accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea, dryness of the mouth but no desire for drink due to dysfunctional activity of the bladder-qi".

Wuling powder has the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Poria	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

References

• State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People’s Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. →ISBN.