Wuling San Wan (,

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: Wǔlíng sǎn wán) is a blackish-brown pill used in

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to "invigorate the function of the kidney and cause diuresis".State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. . It is slightly aromatic and tastes slightly pungent. It is used where there is "oliguria, edema and abdominal distension accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea, dryness of the mouth but no desire for drink due to dysfunctional activity of ''bladder-qi'', stagnation of endogenous hygrosyndrome inside the body". The binding agent of the pill is honey.

Chinese classic herbal formula

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Chinese classic herbal formula

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