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澤瀉 택사 · Alisma10 g
Chief 君 - Jeoryeong猪苓 저령 · Polyporus6 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekbokryeong白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)6 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekchul白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes6 g
Assistant 佐 - Yukgye肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark2 g
Envoy 使
Total 30 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.
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.