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Evodia Decoction
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Euodiae Fructus; Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens; Jujubae Fructus
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Warms the center and supplements deficiency, directs counterflow downward and arrests vomiting.
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Wu Zhu Yu Tang is indicated for patterns of liver and stomach deficiency-cold with the upward reversal of turbid yin. The pattern is characterized by nausea after meals, acid regurgitation, belching, drooling of cold frothy saliva, fullness in the chest, stomach pain, vertex headache, aversion to cold, cold limbs with reversal counterflow cold of the four limbs, diarrhea, vexation and agitation, restlessness, a pale white tongue body and a white, slippery tongue coating, and a deep, wiry or slow pulse.
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6
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Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes Macrocephala and Licorice Decoction
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Poria; Cinnamomi Ramulus; Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle
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Warms yang and dissolves rheum, fortifies the spleen and drains dampness.
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Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang is indicated for phlegm-rheum due to deficiency of the middle-yang. The symptoms are distention and fullness of chest and rib-side, dizzy vision, palpitations, shortness of breath, and cough. The tongue coating is white and glossy. The pulse is either wiry and slippery or deep and tight.
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7
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Cinnamon Twig Decoction
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Cinnamomi Ramulus; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens; Jujubae Fructus
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Releases the flesh and the exterior, harmonizes ying and wei levels.
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Gui Zhi Tang is indicated for externally contracted wind-cold affecting those with an exterior deficiency constitution. The symptoms are aversion to wind, fever, perspiration, headache, congested and noisy nose, and dry retching. The tongue has a white coating, there is no thirst, and the pulse is either superficial and moderate or superficial and weak.
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8
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Virgate Wormwood Decoction
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Artemisiae Scopariae Herba; Gardeniae Fructus; Rhei Radix et Rhizoma
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Clears heat, drains dampness, and relieves jaundice.
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Yin Chen Hao Tang is indicated for damp-heat jaundice. The symptoms are bright yellow discoloration of the skin, fever, absence of sweating or only sweating on the head, thirst with a desire to drink, nausea, vomiting, slight abdominal distension, scanty and dark urine, diarrhea, or constipation. The tongue is red with a greasy and yellow coating. The pulse is either deep, rapid or slippery, rapid and powerful.
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