Disinhibiting water and percolating dampness

To eliminate dampness by freeing urination in the treatment of strangury-turbidity, water swelling, and diarrhea due to water-damp congesting in the lower burner. Disinhibiting water and percolating dampness makes use of sweet and bland water-disinhibiting medicinals such as poria (Poria, 茯苓 fú líng), alisma (Alismatis Rhizoma, 泽泻 zé xiè), and polyporus (Polyporus, 猪苓 zhū líng). Representative formulas include Poria Five Powder (五苓散 wǔ líng sǎn) and Five-Peel Powder (五皮散 wǔ pí sǎn).

Water-Disinhibiting Dampness-Percolating Medicinals

• 茯苓 (fú líng) poria (Poria)
• 茯苓皮 (fú líng pí) poria skin (Poriae Cutis)
• 猪苓 (zhū líng) polyporus (Polyporus)
• 泽泻 (zé xiè) alisma (Alismatis Rhizoma)
• 薏苡仁 (yì yǐ rén) coix (Coicis Semen)
• 生薏仁 (shēng yì rén) raw coix seed (Coicis Semen Crudum)
• 薏苡根 (yì yǐ gēn) coix root (Coicis Radix)
• 车前 (chē qián) plantago (Plantaginis Herba)
• 车前子 (chē qián zǐ) plantago seed (Plantaginis Semen)
• 滑石 (huá shí) talcum (Talcum)
• 木通 (mù tōng) trifoliate akebia (Akebiae Trifoliatae Caulis)
• 通草 (tōng cǎo) rice-paper plant pith (Tetrapanacis Medulla)
• 灯心草 (dēng xīn cǎo) juncus (Junci Medulla)
• 小金钱草 (xiǎo jīn qián cǎo) dichondra (Dichondrae Herba)
• 金钱草 (jīn qián cǎo) moneywort (Lysimachiae Herba)
• 海金沙 (hǎi jīn shā) lygodium spore (Lygodii Spora)
• 石韦 (shí wéi) pyrrosia (Pyrrosiae Folium)
• 地肤子 (dì fū zǐ) kochia (Kochiae Fructus)
• 萹蓄 (biǎn xù) knotgrass (Polygoni Avicularis Herba)
• 瞿麦 (qū mài) dianthus (Dianthi Herba)
• 萆薢 (bì xiè) fish poison yam (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae seu Semptemlobae Rhizoma)
• 茵陈蒿 (yīn chén hāo) virgate wormwood (Artemisiae Scopariae Herba)
• 壶芦 (hú lú) bottle gourd (Lagenariae Depressae Fructus)
• 冬瓜子 (dōng guā zǐ) wax gourd seed (Benincasae Semen)
• 冬瓜皮 (dōng guā pí) wax gourd rind (Benincasae Exocarpium)
• 赤小豆 (chì xiǎo dòu) rice bean (Phaseoli Semen)
• 泽漆 (zé qī) sun spurge (Euphorbiae Helioscopiae Herba)
• 玉米须 (yù mǐ xū) corn silk (Mays Stylus)
• 冬葵子 (dōng kuí zǐ) mallow seed (Malvae Semen)
• 蝼蛄 (lóu gū) mole cricket (Gryllotalpa)
• 地耳草 (dì ěr cǎo) lesser hypericum (Hyperici Japonici Herba)
• 虎杖 (hǔ zhàng) bushy knotweed (Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma)