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Phragmites Stem Decoction
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Caulis Phragmites/Phragmites Rhizoma; Coicis Semen; Semen Benincasae; Persicae Semen
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Clears lung heat, dissolves phlegm, expels stasis, and dissipates masses.
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This formula is indicated for lung abscesses, and patterns of accumulation and obstruction of heat toxins, binding of phlegm, and blood stasis. The symptoms are coughing with profuse phlegm, coughing or spitting up of foul smelling pus and blood, dull pain in the chest, a red tongue with a greasy yellow coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse.
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18
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Pueraria, Scutellaria, and Coptis Decoction
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Puerariae Lobatae Radix; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Scutellariae Radix; Coptidis Rhizoma
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Releases the exterior and clears the interior.
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This formula is indicated for diarrhea with fever. The symptoms are diarrhea, fever, smelly, foul, thick, and sticky stool, burning sensation in the anus, panting with sweating, vexing heat in the chest and stomach cavities, thirst, dark urine, a red tongue body with a yellow coating, and a rapid pulse.
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19
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Red-Guiding Powder
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Rehmanniae Radix; Akebiae Caulis; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Clears heart fire, nourishes yin, and promotes urination.
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This formula is indicated for intense heat in the heart channel. The symptoms are vexing heat in the chest, sores in the mouth and tongue, thirst, red complexion, preference for cold drinks, difficult and painful urination that is dark, a red tongue, and a rapid pulse.
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20
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Gentian Liver-Draining Decoction
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Gentianae Radix et Rhizoma; Scutellariae Radix; Gardeniae Fructus; Alismatis Rhizoma; Akebiae Caulis; Plantaginis Semen; Angelicae Sinensis Radix; Rehmanniae Radix; Bupleuri Radix; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Clears and drains excessive fire of the liver and gallbladder, and clears damp-heat in the liver channel.
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1. Flaming up of excessive fire of the liver and gallbladder, which manifests as headache and red eyes, pain in the rib-side, bitter taste in the mouth, deafness, swelling of the ears, a red tongue with a yellow coating, and a forceful wiry, rapid pulse. 2. Pouring downward of damp-heat in the liver channel, which manifests as vaginal swelling and itching, dampness or sweating at the exterior genitalia, painful urination with turbid urine, impotence, smelly yellow leukorrhea, a red tongue with a yellow greasy coating, and a slippery, wiry, rapid pulse.
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