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Major Purgative Decoction
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Rhei Radix et Rhizoma; Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex; Aurantii Fructus Immaturus; Natrii Sulfas
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Drastically purges heat accumulation.
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1. Excess heat in the yangming fu-organs. The symptoms are constipation with frequent flatulence, gastric stuffiness and abdominal fullness, abdominal pain that feels worse with pressure, and the abdomen is tense and firm when pressed. In severe cases, there may be tidal fever, delirious speech, and profuse sweating from the palms and soles. The tongue coating is dry and yellow with prickles, or dry and parched black with cracks. The pulse is deep and excessive. 2. Heat retention with watery discharge. The symptoms are watery green, foul-smelling diarrhea, umbilical and abdominal pain, hardness with clumps felt when pressing the abdomen, and a dry mouth and tongue. The pulse is slippery and excessive. 3. Internal excess heat. The symptoms are heat inversion (heat syncope), convulsive disease, and mania.
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14
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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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15
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Large Gentian Decoction
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Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Chuanxiong Rhizoma; Angelicae Sinensis Radix; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Asari Radix et Rhizoma; Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix; Saposhnikoviae Radix; Scutellariae Radix; Gypsum Fibrosum; Angelicae Dahuricae Radix; Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma; Rehmanniae Radix; Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata; Poria; Angelicae Pubescentis Radix
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Scatters wind and clears heat, nourishes and invigorates blood.
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Da Qin Jiao Tang is indicated for an early stage of a wind attacking the channels and collaterals pattern. The symptoms are deviation of the eyes and mouth, difficulty in speaking due to stiff tongue, an inability to move the extremities, often accompanied by aversion to cold with fever, spasms and tension of the extremities, a white or yellow tongue coating, and a superficial, rapid pulse or wiry, thin pulse.
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Major Chest Draining Decoction
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Rhei Radix et Rhizoma; Natrii Sulfas; Kansui Radix
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Drains heat and expels water through purgation.
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Da Xian Xiong Tang is indicated for thoracic accumulation caused by the binding of water and heat. The symptoms are pain that refuses pressure below heart, hardness in the diseased location, or there is a full, hard, and painful region below the heart and above the lesser abdomen and touching is not tolerated. Other accompanying symptoms are shortness of breath, vexation, constipation, and mild tidal fever in the afternoon. The tongue is red with a yellow greasy or watery coating, and the pulse is deep and tight or deep, slow, and powerful.
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