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Cannabis Fruit Pill (Spleen Confinement Pill)
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Cannabis Fructus; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Aurantii Fructus Immaturus; Rhei Radix et Rhizoma; Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex; Armeniacae Semen Amarum
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Moistens the intestines, drains heat, and moves qi to promote defecation.
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Ma Zi Ren Wan is indicated for spleen confinement constipation due to dryness-heat in the stomach and intestines. The symptoms are dry stool, frequent urination, a red tongue body, a dry slightly yellow tongue coating, and a rapid pulse.
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34
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Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Licorice and Gypsum Decoction
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Ephedrae Herba; Armeniacae Semen Amarum; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Gypsum Fibrosum
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Acrid-cool to scatter the exterior, clear heat, and calm labored breathing.
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This formula is indicated for patterns of externally contracted wind causing pathogenic heat to obstruct the lung. Signs and symptoms include continuous fever, cough with rapid qi counterflow or even flaring of nostrils, thirst, presence or absence of sweat, a thin white or yellowish tongue coating, and a superficial and rapid pulse.
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35
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Ephedra, Aconite and Asarum Decoction
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Ephedrae Herba; Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata; Asari Radix et Rhizoma
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Assists yang to release the exterior.
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1. This formula is indicated for patterns of yang-deficiency with externally contracted wind-cold. Signs and symptoms include fever, severe aversion to cold that does not improve even with thick layer of clothes and a quilt, lassitude, lethargy, and a deep and tiny pulse. 2. It is also indicated for a sudden loss of voice. Signs and symptoms include a sudden onset of a harsh voice, loss of voice, severe sore throat, aversion to cold, fever, lassitude, and lethargy. A pale tongue with a white coating and a deep and forceless pulse.
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36
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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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