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Xuan Qing Dao Zhuo Tang宣清导浊汤

Diffuse, Clear and Guide out Turbidity Decoction

Medicinals
5

Composition

  • Fu LingPoria9–18 g

    Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness Strengthens the Spleen.

    promotes urination.
  • Zhu LingPolyporus5–18 g

    Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness.

  • Can ShaFaeces Bombycis4.5–18 g

    Harmonizes the Stomach and transforms turbid Dampness.

  • Zao JiaoFr. Gleditsiae1–5 g

    Dispels Phlegm and blocks the bowels.

  • Han Shui ShiGlauberitum9–30 g

    Clears Heat, drains Fire from the *Yang Ming, promotes urination,d reduces edema, directs Fire downward and softens hardness.*

Actions

  • Increases urine output
  • Fortifies the Spleen
  • Purges Fire
  • Frees the bowels

Patterns treated

Edema arising from Spleen Dampness

Manifestations

  • Fullness in the abdomen
  • Distention resembling a drum
  • A firm, localized swelling in the epigastric region
  • Edema that pits on pressure
  • Fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity
  • Sparse urination
  • Loss of appetite
  • Reduced intake of food
  • Regurgitation of sour fluid
  • The chest feels full, oppressed and distended
  • Difficulty with bowel movements
  • Swelling of the limbs, particularly the lower limbs
  • Possibly generalized whole-body edema
  • Fatigue of both body and mind
Tongue body
A pale coloration
Coating
Coated white with a moist quality
Pulse
Soft combined with even, or else Wiry together with soft and even

Indications

Difficulty defecating