Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Cold Damage)

Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria

Oryeong-san

한글 오령산 · Pinyin Wu Ling San

五苓散

Composition 構成

Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

10 g
Chief 君
Jeoryeong Zhu Ling
猪苓 저령 · Polyporus

6 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

6 g
Deputy 臣
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

6 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 30 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Actions 效能

Promotes urination and drains dampness
Warms Yang to transform water
Releases the exterior

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Water accumulation with thirst but vomiting after drinking
Edema with scanty urination
Dizziness from fluid retention

Biomedical correlates

Edema
Vertigo (Meniere's-type presentations)
Headache with fluid metabolism disturbance

Clinical commentary 臨床

The master formula for water metabolism. The small dose of Yukgye is the ignition key — it restores the Bladder's Qi transformation so the other four herbs have somewhere to send the water. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.