【Source】
From 《Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang》 Volume 6 (Supplemented with Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).
【Ingredients】
Red Fu Ling (Poria rubra), Chi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra), Shan Zhi Zi (Fructus Gardeniae), Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Deng Xin Cao (Medulla Junci)
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【Categorization】
<Blood Tonifying>：Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis)
<Spleen and Middle Qi Tonifying>：Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae)
<Spleen Tonifying and Water Promoting>：Red Fu Ling (Poria rubra)
<Blood Invigorating and Stasis Removing>：Chi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra)
<Heat Clearing and Fire Draining>：Shan Zhi Zi (Fructus Gardeniae)
<Promoting Water and Draining Dampness>：Deng Xin Cao (Medulla Junci)
【Formula Explanation】
《Yi Lüe Liu Shu》: Heat binds in the bladder, Qi transformation is impaired, and the urinary orifices are not free, hence the urethral pain, reddish urine, and dribbling that doesn’t stop. Yin Chen (Herba Artemisiae Scopariae) clears damp-heat to treat lin syndrome, Hua Shi (Talcum) unblocks the orifices to promote urination, raw Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) drains fire and alleviates urethral pain, Mu Tong (Caulis Akebiae) descends fire and promotes water in the small intestine, Shan Zhi Zi (Fructus Gardeniae) clears heat in the Triple Burner, Chi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra) benefits blood in the bladder, red Fu Ling (Poria rubra) drains dampness from the blood aspect to clear the water passages, and Zhu Ye (Folium Bambusae) clears heat above the diaphragm to facilitate the water pathways. Made into a powder and taken with a Deng Xin Cao (Medulla Junci) decoction, it allows the heat binding to open quickly, so that the bladder has untransformed Qi, and the water passages have clear fluid; why worry about dribbling that is not quick and stabbing pain that does not heal? This is a free-flowing formula, a specialized formula for dribbling and stabbing pain.
【Functions】
Clears heat, promotes diuresis, unblocks lin syndrome, and harmonizes the blood.
【Indications】
Kidney Qi deficiency, bladder heat, dripping and obstructed urination, urgent pain in the navel and abdomen, occurring intermittently, often triggered by fatigue, or urine like bean juice, or like sand and stones, or cold lin syndrome like cream, or heat lin syndrome with bloody urine. 《Shan Bu》: Heat accumulation in the bladder, obstructed water passages, painful and difficult urination with heat, or urine like bean juice, or becoming sand and stones, or like pus, or bloody urine.
【Indications】
Urethritis, cystitis, bladder stones, kidney stones, gonorrhea.
【Mnemonic】
To treat Five Lin, remember to add the red-colored Ling Zhi grass (remember Shao, Chi, Ling, Zhi, Cao) [Note: Ling Zhi is a mistranslation, should be referring to Fu Ling].
【Modifications】
For cold lin syndrome, add Fu Zi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata); for heat lin syndrome, add Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae); for blood lin syndrome, add Zhi Zi (Fructus Gardeniae); for greasy lin syndrome, add Qiu Shi (Calcitum) and Shi Wei (Folium Pyrrosiae); for Qi lin syndrome, with fullness and obstruction in the lower abdomen, add Chen Xiang (Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum) and Mu Xiang (Radix Aucklandiae).