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Dampness-Eliminating Stomach-Calming Poria Five Decoction

除湿胃苓汤 〔除濕胃苓湯〕 chú shī wèi líng tāng

Source: Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn 医宗金鉴

Ingredients

Actions: Clears heat and eliminates dampness; resolves toxin and disperses swelling.

Indications: Girdling fire cinnabar (shingles, herpes zoster) caused by damp-heat sweltering the skin, characterized by burning pain in the skin (usually on the waist line), forming yellow white vessels the size of mung beans or soybeans, surrounded by red areolae, and exuding watery fluid after bursting.

Method: Decoct with water.

Rationale: This is pingweisan combined with wulingsan plus Fáng fēng, Zhī zǐ, Huá shí, and Mù tōng. Píng wèi sǎn (平胃散 Stomach-Calming Powder)moves qì and transforms dampness, while Wǔ líng sǎn (五苓散 Poria Five Powder) disinhibits water and percolates dampness. The two combined discharge the damp with the urine and fortify the spleen so that damp no longer arises. In this formula, the Ròu guì replaces the twig of Fú líng Five to warm and transformation of water-damp, relieve pain, and work with Zhī zǐ and Gān cǎo to resolve toxin. Zhī zǐ eliminates triple burner heat. Fáng fēng dispels wind and disperses swelling. Huá shí, Dēng xīn cǎo, and Mù tōng clear heat and disinhibit dampness.

Similar: Wèi líng tāng1 (胃苓汤1 Stomach-Calming Poria Five Decoction1)

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