Polyporus 10 gm (peeled), Alisma 15 gm, Atractylodes 10 gm, Poria 10 gm, Cinnamon Twig 7 gm (peeled). Used for conditions such as edema, ascites due to cirrhosis, urinary retention, and acute enteritis caused by internal retention of water-dampness.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above 5 ingredients into powder. Administer 3 grams with plain water, 3 times a day. Drink plenty of warm water, and recovery will follow with perspiration.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Promoting urination and draining dampness, warming yang to transform qi.

bubble_chart Indications

Exterior pattern with internal retention of water-dampness, headache, fever, thirst with desire to drink, or vomiting immediately after drinking water, and difficulty in urination; edema due to internal retention of water-dampness, diarrhea, difficulty in urination, as well as cholera, headache, fever, body pain, and a strong desire to drink water due to excessive heat; phlegm-fluid retention, pulsations below the navel, vomiting of frothy saliva with dizziness or shortness of breath and coughing. Currently used for nephritis and heart conditions.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Polyporus, Poria, and Alisma eliminate dampness with bland medicinal properties; White Atractylodes Rhizome invigorates the spleen and dries dampness, while Cinnamon Twig releases the exterior and transforms qi. The combination of these five herbs promotes the movement of water and qi, resolves the exterior, and strengthens the spleen, thereby naturally alleviating symptoms caused by water retention and phlegm-fluid retention.