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Combination |
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Ten Jujubes Decoction
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Genkwa Flos; Kansui Radix; Euphorbiae Pekinensis Radix
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Expels water by purgation.
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This formula is used for pleural rheum with chest and hypochondriac radiating pain caused by coughing and spitting. There is also hardness and distention below the heart, belching, shortness of breath, headache, dizziness, pulling pain resulting in breathlessness, a slippery tongue coating, and a deep and wiry pulse. It is also indicated for edema all over the body, especially in the lower half of the body, with abdominal distention, panting, and difficult defecation and urination.
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2
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Five-Peel Powder
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Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens; Mori Cortex; Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium; Arecae Pericarpium; Poriae Cutis
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Promotes urination and relieves edema, rectifies qi and fortifies the spleen.
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Wu Pi San is indicated for skin edema resulting from excessive dampness and spleen deficiency causing qi stagnation and water diffusion. The symptoms are general edema, heavy sensation of the body and limbs, fullness and distention of chest and abdomen, dyspnea, dysuria, and gestational edema. The tongue coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is deep and slow.
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3
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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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4
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Stephania Root and Astragalus Decoction
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Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix; Astragali Radix; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma
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Boosts qi and dispels wind, fortifies the spleen and promotes urination.
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Fang Ji Huang Qi Tang is indicated for patterns of wind-water and wind-damp caused by an insecurity exterior due to exterior deficiency. The symptoms are sweating, aversion to wind, heavy body, slight swelling, pain of the limbs and joints, as well as dysuria. The tongue is pale with a white coating, and the pulse is floating.
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