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Major Bupleurum Decoction
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Bupleuri Radix; Scutellariae Radix; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Pinelliae Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens; Aurantii Fructus Immaturus; Jujubae Fructus; Rhei Radix et Rhizoma
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Harmonizes shaoyang and drains interior heat bind.
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This formula treats a combined shaoyang-yangming pattern characterized by alternating chills and fever, fullness and discomfort in the chest and rib-side, frequent vomiting, constant vexation, epigastric pi and hardness or epigastric fullness and pain, constipation or diarrhea with fever, a yellow tongue coating, and a powerful wiry, rapid pulse.
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2
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Minor Bupleurum Decoction
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Bupleuri Radix; Scutellariae Radix; Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Pinelliae Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens; Jujubae Fructus
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1. Cold damage entering the shaoyang. The symptoms are alternating chills and fever, fullness and discomfort in the chest and rib-side, no desire to eat or drink, vexation and frequent vomiting, bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, dizzy vision, a thin white tongue coating, and a wiry pulse. 2. Heat entering the blood chamber (uterus). The symptoms are feminine wind-invasion syndrome, inhibited menstrual flow, periodic alternating chills and fever, malaria, and jaundice when the patient shows signs of a shaoyang pattern.
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Pinellia Heart-Draining Decoction
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Pinelliae Rhizoma; Scutellariae Radix; Zingiberis Rhizoma; Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma; Coptidis Rhizoma; Jujubae Fructus; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Disperses pi and dissipates masses through the combination of cold and warm medicinals.
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Pi is caused by the binding of cold and heat, marked by stuffiness below the heart, fullness without pain, vomiting, borborygmus, diarrhea, and a slightly yellow, greasy coating.
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4
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Frigid Extremities Powder
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Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle; Aurantii Fructus Immaturus; Bupleuri Radix; Paeoniae Radix Alba
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Moves qi, resolves the constraint, soothes the liver, and rectifies the spleen.
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1. Pattern of yang constraint and reversal counterflow cold of the limbs, marked by a lack of warmth in the extremities, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dysentery tenesmus, and a wiry pulse. 2. Pattern of disharmony of the liver and spleen, marked by distention and fullness in the rib-side, pain in the stomach cavity and abdomen, and a wiry pulse.
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