Wu Zhi Yin
Star五汁饮 (Five Juice Beverage)
Source: Wen Bing Tiao Bian (1798)
Last updated October 1, 2026
Description
Wu Zhi Yin (Five Juice Beverage), from Systematic Differentiation of Warm Diseases (Wen Bing Tiao Bian).
Actions: Nourish yin with sweet-cold medicinals, clear heat, and moisten dryness
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of lung-stomach fluid consumption, with warm disease, dry pharynx, thirst, and incomplete expectoration of white spittle
Category: Formulas That Nourish and Moisten Internal Dryness.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, p. 740.
Preparation
Mix evenly and take orally when it becomes cool; if the patient is not tolerant to cool, steam the ingredients in a container, and take orally when it is warm
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