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Center-Regulating Pill
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Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle; Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma
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Warms the center and dispels cold, boosts qi and supplements the spleen.
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This formula is indicated for: 1. Deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach. The symptoms include chronic stomachache which can be reduced by warmth and pressure, vomiting, loose stool, distention and fullness of the stomach, poor appetite, fear of cold, cold limbs, a pale tongue with a white coating, and a deep, thin pulse or deep, slow and feeble pulse. 2. Blood loss due to spleen yang deficiency. The symptoms are bloody stool, spitting of blood, nose bleeding, and menstrual flooding and spotting with pale and thin blood. 3. Chest bi syndrome due to deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach. Besides the obstruction of qi in the chest, other symptoms include stuffiness and fullness in the chest and stomach, qi counter-flowing to the chest, profuse saliva after the illness, or chronic infantile convulsions.
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22
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Free Wanderer Powder
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Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle; Angelicae Sinensis Radix; Poria; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma; Bupleuri Radix
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Soothes the liver and resolves constraint, nourishes blood and fortifies the spleen.
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Xiao Yao San is indicated for the pattern of liver constraint, blood deficiency, and spleen weakness, characterized by rib-side pain, headache, dizziness, dry mouth, dry throat, mental fatigue, reduced food intake, menstrual irregularities, distending pain of the breasts, and a wiry, deficient pulse.
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23
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Ephedra Decoction
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Ephedrae Herba; Cinnamomi Ramulus; Armeniacae Semen Amarum; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Induces sweating to release the exterior, diffuses the lung to calm labored breathing.
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Ma Huang Tang is indicated for an externally contracted wind-cold exterior-excess pattern. The symptoms are aversion to cold, headache, generalized body pain, absence of sweating, and labored breathing. The tongue coating is thin and white, and the pulse is superficial and tight.
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Important Formula for Painful Diarrhea
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Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium; Saposhnikoviae Radix
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Supplements the spleen and softens the liver, dispels dampness and arrests diarrhea.
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Painful diarrhea due to a deficient spleen and a vigorous liver, characterized by borborygmus, abdominal pain, diarrhea with abdominal pain, pain that is relieved after diarrhea, the guan pulses of both hands not in harmony (a wiry pulse on the left hand and a moderate pulse on the right).
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