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Rhubarb and Cortex Moutan Decoction
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Rhei Radix et Rhizoma; Moutan Cortex; Persicae Semen; Benincasae Semen; Natrii Sulfas
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Drains heat, breaks up stasis, dissipates masses, and relieves swollen sores.
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Da Huang Mu Dan Tang is indicated for the initial stage of intestinal abscess caused by the stagnation of dampness, heat, and blood stasis. The symptoms are pain which refuses pressure in the right lesser abdomen (lateral aspects of the lower abdomen), pain that can be as severe as strangury or even accompanied with swollen mass in the right lesser abdomen, bent right foot which cannot stretch otherwise the pain being worsened, normal urination, frequent fever, spontaneous sweating, and aversion to cold. The tongue coating is thin, greasy, and yellow. The pulse is slippery and rapid.
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2
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Five Substances Powder with Poria
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Polyporus; Alismatis Rhizoma; Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma; Poria; Cinnamomi Ramulus
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Promotes urination and percolates dampness, warms yang and promotes qi transformation.
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Wu Ling San is indicated for water amassment syndrome due to dysfunction of bladder qi transformation. The symptoms are dysuria, headache with mild fever, thirst and desire to drink, vomiting as soon as drinking, throbbing below the navel, spitting, dizziness, shortness of breath, cough, edema, and diarrhea. The tongue coating is white and the pulse is either floating or floating and rapid.
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Six-to-One Powder
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Talcum; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Clears summerheat and drains dampness.
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This formula is indicated for summerheat-dampness. The symptoms are fever with vexation and thirst, inhibited urination, and diarrhea.
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4
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Pulsatilla Decoction
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Pulsatillae Radix; Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex; Coptidis Rhizoma; Fraxini Cortex
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Clears heat, resolves toxins, cools the blood, and arrests dysentery.
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This formula is indicated for heat toxin bloody dysentery. The symptoms are stools with pus and fresh blood, abdominal pain, abdominal urgency with rectal heaviness, burning sensation in the anus, thirst with a desire to drink, a red tongue with yellow coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse.
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