Name
Yam Decoction for Clearing Turbid Urine
The Prescription of 萆薢分清饮
Source
The book Dan Xi Xin Fa
Ingredients
Yi Zhi (Fructus Alpiniae Oxyphyllae) 10 g,Chuan Bi Xie (Rhizoma Dioscorea Hypoglaucae) 10 g,Shi Chang Pu (Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii) 10 g,Wu Yao (Radix Linderae) 10 g.Explanation
Bi Xie: The principal drug, being bitter in flavor and cold in nature, inducing diuresis and removing dampness.
Yi Zhi: Warming up the kidney-Yang, astringing urination to arrest enuresis.
Wu Yao: Warming the kidney and urinary bladder, cutting down the frequency of urination.
Shi Chang Pu: Promoting diuresis to remove dampness and eliminate deficiency-cold of the urinary bladder.
The Effect of 萆薢分清饮
Effect
Warming the kidney, inducing diuresis and removing dampness.
Indications
Syndrome due to deficiency-cold of the lower-Jiao and down-flowing dampness, marked by frequent urination with urine as white as rice-soup and as thick as a dilute paste; including such diseases with the above symptoms as chyluria, chronic prostatitis and chronic cystitis.
Administrations
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.