Wu Lin San - 五淋散 - Powder For Five Types Of Painful Urinary Dysfunction

English:	Powder for Five Types of Painful Urinary Dysfunction
Also Known As:	Powder for Five Types of Painful Urinary Dribbling Gardenia and Hoelen Formula

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Scl. Poria Rubra	Chi Fu Ling	9-18g	Clears Dampness and Heat.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis	Dang Gui	7-15g	Tonifies Blood, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood and disperses Cold (stops pain due to Blood Stasis). With Gan Cao, moderates spasms and relieves abdominal pain.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	3-7g	Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and moderates and harmonizes the properties of other herbs.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	9-18g	Invigorates the Blood. dispels Blood Stasis, relieves pain, clears Heat and cools the Blood.
Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	6-15g	Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, Eliminates irritability, Reduces Fire, Relieves toxicity (stops bleeding by astringing), Resolves Dampness (drains Damp-Heat).

Formula Actions

• Clears Heat
• Cools the Blood
• Promotes urination
• Unblocks painful urinary dysfunction

Syndromes

• Damp-Heat, bloody painful urinary dysfunction

Clinical Manifestations

Rough, painful urination that is red with multiple tiny stones Fatigue Dark colored urine

Maybe acute lower abdominal pain Maybe acute pain in the abdomen and umbilical area Maybe hernia

Treats

Urethritis Cystitis Urinary calculi Postpartum urinary disorder Hematuria Acute prostatitis Fatigue Pyelonephritis Dysuria during pregnancy

Gonorrhea Appendicitis Renal calculi Prostatic hypertrophy Oliguria Acute glomerulonephritis Edema during pregnancy Hernia

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

Modifications

For visible Blood in the urine:		For painful, bloody urination:
+ Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen	+ Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang
+ Hb. sive Rx. Cirsii Japonici	Xiao Ji	+ Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi
+ Hb. Ecliptae	Mo Han Lian	+ Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae	Niu Xi
For urinary calculi:		For Qi Stagnation with lower abdominal distention:
+ Hb. Lysimachiae	Jin Qian Cao	+ Rx. Linderae	Wu Yao
+ Spora Lygodii	Hai Jin Sha	+ Rz. Cimicifugae	Sheng Ma
+ End. Corneum Gigeriae Galli	Ji Nei Jin	For turbid urine:
Or		+ Hb. Dianthi	Qu Mai
+ Fol. Pyrrosiae	Shi Wei	+ Fol. Pyrrosiae	Shi Wei
For more Heat:		For Qi Lin in elderly patients:
+ Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	+ Rx. Ginseng	Ren Shen
For Lin syndrome with Blood Stagnation:		+ Rx. Astragali	Huang Qi
+ Sm. Persicae	Tao Ren	+ Rz. Cimicifugae	Sheng Ma
+ Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi	For thirst due to Heat and Fire:
+ Rz. Corydalis	Yan Hu Suo	+ Talcum	Hua Shi
+ Succinum	Hu Po	+ Gypsum Fibrosum	Shi Gao
For jaundice:		For prostatic hypertrophy:
+ Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae	Yin Chen	+Eight Herb Powder for Rectification Ba Zheng San
+ Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	+ Rz. Polygoni Cuspidati	Hu Zhang
For urethritis, cystitis, glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, and Reiter's syndrome:		For dysuria during pregnancy:
- Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao
- Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	+ 9g Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin
+ 9g Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	+ 9g dry-fried Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Chao Bai Shao
+ 9g dry-fried Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Chao Bai Shao
+ 9g Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang
+ 9g Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	+ 9g Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie
+ 9g Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie