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Treats white turbidity caused by Yang deficiency, frequent urination, and urine that is turbid like oil, a condition known as Gao Lin (Gum-like Strangury) (When Kidney Qi is deficient, it cannot control and restrain, leading to frequent urination; when there is heat in the Bladder).

Formula: Chuan Bi Xie (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma), Shi Chang Pu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma), Wu Yao (Linderae Radix), Yi Zhi Ren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus) (equal parts), Gan Cao Shao (Licorice Root Tip) (half dose). Take with salt before meals. Another variant adds Fu Ling (Poria).

This prescription consists of herbs acting on the Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian, Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian, and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Chuan Bi Xie can drain damp-heat from the Yangming and Jueyin meridians, removing turbidity and clarifying clarity (Shi Guoxin stated: "If you wish to invigorate Yang, first nourish the sinews; if you wish for clear urination, first differentiate Liver fire. Chuan Bi Xie drains dampness from the Yangming meridian and enters the Jueyin to clear Liver fire"); Wu Yao can soothe rebellious Qi, expel cold, and warm the Kidney; Yi Zhi Ren is a Spleen herb that also enters the Heart and Kidney, securing Kidney Qi and dissipating nodules (Wu Yao and Yi Zhi Ren in equal parts, made into pills with Dioscorea paste, named Suo Quan Wan, taken with salt water, treats frequent urination); Shi Chang Pu opens the nine orifices and unblocks the Heart; Gan Cao Shao reaches the urethra to relieve pain; thus, when damp-heat is removed and Heart and Kidney communicate, Qi transformation proceeds, and strangury and turbidity cease. This is a method of using draining and dispersing actions to achieve astringency (The *Waitai Miyao* states: "When Kidney Water is deficient, both Heart and Lung become hot, causing red and difficult urination; since the Kidney is deficient and hot, and the Bladder lacks fluids, compounded by thirst and drinking, urination becomes dribbling, because the Zang organs are too weak to govern their corresponding Fu organs.")

Treats Qi Lin (Qi Strangury), Xue Lin (Blood Strangury), Gao Lin (Gum-like Strangury), and Sha Lin (Gravel Strangury) (When Heart and Kidney Qi are stagnant, clear and turbid energies interfere with each other, and heat accumulates in the Bladder, causing painful and difficult urination, termed Lin syndrome. Qi Lin presents with difficult urination and residual dripping; Xue Lin presents with blood in urine and pain; Gao Lin presents with discharge resembling gum/paste; Sha Lin presents with essence condensing into stones; Lao Lin (Fatigue Strangury) occurs upon exertion; Leng Lin (Cold Strangury) involves chills followed by urination. Generally, these mostly belong to Heat syndromes; excessive heat generates dampness, causing fluid turbidity and forming Lin. Cases where cold qi stagnates in the Bladder causing Lin account for less than one or two out of ten).

Formula: Hua Shi (Talcum, 2 qian), Hu Po (Amber), Mu Tong (Akebiae Caulis), Qu Mai (Polygoni Avicularis Herba), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Yu Jin (Curcumae Longae Radix) (stir-fried, 1 qian). Grind into powder and take.

This prescription consists of herbs acting on the Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian, Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, Hand-Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian, and Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian. Hua Shi is slippery and removes adhesion, benefiting orifices and promoting water flow; Qu Mai is bitter and descends, benefiting urination and treating strangury; Hu Po descends Lung Qi and communicates with the Bladder; Mu Tong drains Heart Fire and enters the Small Intestine (The Small Intestine is the Fu organ of the Heart, governing heat. For various heat conditions corresponding to the Heart, its fluids must seep from the Small Intestine into the Bladder; as the Classics state, "when the Bao [Pericardium] transfers heat to the Bladder, there is retention of urine and hematuria." Here, "Bao" refers to the Pericardium); Xue Lin arises from chaotic blood flow, and Dang Gui guides blood back to its vessels; Qi Lin arises from Qi stagnation, and Mu Xiang regulates the ascending and descending of all Qi; various Lin syndromes are due to excess Fire in the Heart and Liver, and Yu Jin cools the Heart and disperses the Liver, directs Qi downward, and breaks blood stasis (General principles: Yu Jin and Hu Po open stagnation; Qing Pi and Mu Xiang move Qi; Pu Huang and Niu Xi break blood stasis; Huang Bo and Sheng Di nourish Yin. Li Dongyuan's medication principles generally...)