What is the dosage of Wuling Powder?

Wuling San is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which is mainly used to treat liver diseases or hepatitis, acute enteritis, urinary retention and other diseases. Taking Wuling San can also effectively treat symptoms such as hydrocephalus. The formula and dosage of Wuling San are generally taken according to the condition of the disease. You may easily experience thirst during taking it.

What is the dosage of Wuling Powder?

Wuling San is a traditional Chinese medicine for removing dampness, which has the effects of promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness, warming yang and transforming qi. It is mainly used to treat water retention syndrome caused by unfavorable bladder qi transformation. Its formula includes Poria cocos, Polyporus umbellatus, Alisma orientalis, cinnamon twig and Atractylodes macrocephala, all of which have the effects of promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness. Cinnamon twig promotes yang and transforms qi, disperses superficial evils externally, and assists bladder qi transformation internally, while Atractylodes macrocephala strengthens the spleen and eliminates dampness.

This prescription is currently used to treat acute and chronic nephritis, edema, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, cardiogenic edema, acute enteritis, urinary retention, hydrocephalus and other conditions caused by internal water retention, with significant efficacy.

Symptomatic medication recommendations:

1. Treatment based on syndrome differentiation: This prescription is used to treat poor bladder qi transformation and internal water retention, with difficulty urinating, thirst, even vomiting after drinking water, white tongue coating, and floating or rapid pulse as the main symptoms. It should be differentiated from other diuretics and dampness-removing drugs.

2. Pay attention to adding and subtracting according to the patient's condition. If water and dampness stagnate inside the body and turn into heat, you can add some heat-clearing medicines, such as Scutellaria baicalensis, Gardenia jasminoides, etc. to clear internal heat. If the patient has severe yang deficiency, you can appropriately use some yang-promoting medicines, and use a low fire to help yang and eliminate dampness.

3. It is contraindicated for those with yang deficiency, oliguria, severe internal heat, or severe yin deficiency.

4. Wulingsan powder, 6-10g each time; decoction, decocted in water, drink plenty of hot water, it is advisable to sweat slightly, the dosage is determined according to the original prescription.

Dietary Note:

1. During the medication period, try to avoid eating raw, cold, greasy, irritating, or indigestible foods.

2. Do not eat fruit half an hour before or after taking the medicine.

3. According to the condition and treatment needs, patients with cold diseases should avoid eating raw or cold food, and patients with hot diseases should avoid spicy and greasy food.

4. People with chest pain should not eat animal offal, fatty meat and strong liquor. People with hyperactivity of liver yang should not eat pepper, chili pepper and alcohol.

5. Patients with skin diseases should not eat seafood and spicy foods.

6. For external infection, do not eat greasy food, etc.