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5
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Rhubarb and Aconite Decoction
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Rhei Radix et Rhizoma; Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata; Asari Radix et Rhizoma
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Warms the interior, dissipates cold, promotes defecation, and relieves pain.
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This formula is designed for an excess pattern of cold stagnation in the interior. The symptoms are abdominal pain, constipation, rib-side pain, fever, reversal cold of the hands and feet, a white and greasy tongue coating, and a wiry, tight pulse.
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6
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Cannabis Fruit Pill (Spleen Confinement Pill)
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Cannabis Fructus; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Aurantii Fructus Immaturus; Rhei Radix et Rhizoma; Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex; Armeniacae Semen Amarum
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Moistens the intestines, drains heat, and moves qi to promote defecation.
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Ma Zi Ren Wan is indicated for spleen confinement constipation due to dryness-heat in the stomach and intestines. The symptoms are dry stool, frequent urination, a red tongue body, a dry slightly yellow tongue coating, and a rapid pulse.
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7
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Yellow Dragon Decoction
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Rhei Radix et Rhizoma; Natrii Sulfas; Aurantii Fructus Immaturus; Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex; Angelicae Sinensis Radix; Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Purges by promoting defecation, supplements qi and nourishes the blood.
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This formula may be prescribed for yangming bowel excess with deficiency of qi and blood. This pattern is characterized by either the discharge of clear, watery stool that is pure green or constipation. There is stomach cavity and abdominal distention and pain which refuses pressure, fever, thirst, mental fatigue, shortness of breath, delirious speech, picking at their pajamas, teasing air as if arranging thread, unconsciousness, reversal counterflow cold of the four limbs, a dry yellow or dry black tongue coating, and a weak pulse.
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8
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Spleen-Warming Decoction
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Rhei Radix et Rhizoma; Angelicae Sinensis Radix; Zingiberis Rhizoma; Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata; Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma; Natrii Sulfas; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Expels cold accumulation through purgation, warms and supplements spleen yang.
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Wen Pi Tang is indicated for cold accumulation due to yang deficiency. Symptoms are abdominal pain and constipation, unstoppable colic around umbilicus, cold hands and feet, a white tongue coating with no thirst, and a deep wiry, slow pulse.
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