Wu Pi San五皮散
Five-Peel Powder
Autres nomsHoelen and Areca Combination
- Substances
- 5
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Composition
Descends Lung Qi, promotes urination and reduces edema.
- Sheng Jiang Pi
- Da Fu Pi
- Fu Ling Pi
Disperses edema and transforms Dampness.
Leaches out Dampness, strengthens transporting function of the Spleen and promotes urination.
Promotes movement of Qi, descends Qi, expels Dampness, promotes urination and reduces edema.
- Sheng Jiang Pi
- Fu Ling Pi
Actions
- Clears out Dampness
- Lessens edema
- Harmonizes the flow of Qi
- Fortifies the Spleen
- Brings down swelling
Syndromes traités
Spleen Deficiency combined with excessive Dampness and Qi Stagnation (Pi Shui, or Skin Water)
Manifestations
- Edema affecting the whole body
- A feeling of heaviness, distention, and fullness across the epigastrium and abdomen.
- Heavy, effortful breathing
- Breathlessness
- Difficulty urinating
- Reduced urine output
- Wheezing dyspnea
- A distended feeling in the chest
- Edema occurring during pregnancy.
- Widespread edema appearing in the summer
- A sensation of heaviness in the limbs
- Difficulty breathing
- Gasping for breath
- Quickened breathing
- Corps de la langue
- No abnormal features noted
- Enduit
- The coating is white and slippery in appearance
- Pouls
- May present as thready and moderate; alternatively slippery, deep and moderate, or deep and slow
Indications
- Edema arising in pregnancy
- Edema caused by protein deficiency (malnutrition)
- Ascites secondary to Liver cirrhosis
- Heart failure of the congestive type
- Hives
- Long-standing nephritis
- High Blood pressure
- Asthmatic wheezing
- Long-standing glomerulonephritis
- Breathing difficulty
- Edema associated with menopause
- Edema of cardiac origin
- Edema of nephritic origin
- Fluid retention (dropsy)
- Inflammation of the kidneys (nephritis)
- Injuries from trauma
- The clinical picture of nephrotic syndrome
- Feelings of nausea with vomiting
- Panting for air
Modifications
For cases of long-standing glomerulonephritis
- +30-60g
For edema situated in the lower body
- +Han Fang Ji
- +Ze Xie
For swelling confined to the lower half of the body
For fluid retention in the lower body
For general edema
For internally lodged Cold-Damp
- +Gan Jiang
- +Zhi Fu Zi
For edema occurring in pregnancy
For pregnancy-related edema
- −Sang Bai Pi
- +Bai Zhu
For overall weakness and Deficiency
- +Dang Shen
- +Huang Qi
- +Bai Zhu
For injury from trauma accompanied by swelling and inflammation
- +Bai Zhu
- +San Qi
For traumatic injury causing swelling and inflammation of the lower limbs
- +Bai Zhu
- +San Qi
- +Chuan Niu Xi
For the presentation of nephrotic syndrome
For patients with nephrotic syndrome
For Wind-edema affecting the upper body
For Wind-type edema of the upper body
For Wind-edema located in the upper body
For pronounced Spleen Deficiency
- +Dang Shen
- +Bai Zhu
For constipation resulting from accumulation within the Stomach and intestines
For marked distention of the abdomen
For Damp-Heat settled in the Lower Jiao, with edema below the waist
For edema of the face
For pronounced edema
For a condition of Coldness
- +Gan Jiang
- +Rou Gui
For fullness and distention of the abdomen
- +Bai Zhu
- +Cang Zhu
For traumatic injury causing swelling and inflammation of the upper limbs
For Beriberi arising from Spleen Deficiency combined with Dampness
- −Sang Bai Pi
- +Bai Zhu
Précautions
- When Spleen Deficiency is severe, add herbs that tonify the Spleen.
- While taking this formula, steer clear of foods that are hard to digest.