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5
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Major Chest Draining Decoction
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Rhei Radix et Rhizoma; Natrii Sulfas; Kansui Radix
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Drains heat and expels water through purgation.
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Da Xian Xiong Tang is indicated for thoracic accumulation caused by the binding of water and heat. The symptoms are pain that refuses pressure below heart, hardness in the diseased location, or there is a full, hard, and painful region below the heart and above the lesser abdomen and touching is not tolerated. Other accompanying symptoms are shortness of breath, vexation, constipation, and mild tidal fever in the afternoon. The tongue is red with a yellow greasy or watery coating, and the pulse is deep and tight or deep, slow, and powerful.
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6
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Rhubarb and Aconite Decoction
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Rhei Radix et Rhizoma; Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata; Asari Radix et Rhizoma
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Warms the interior, dissipates cold, promotes defecation, and relieves pain.
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This formula is designed for an excess pattern of cold stagnation in the interior. The symptoms are abdominal pain, constipation, rib-side pain, fever, reversal cold of the hands and feet, a white and greasy tongue coating, and a wiry, tight pulse.
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7
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Minor Green Dragon Decoction
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Ephedrae Herba; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Asari Radix et Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Cinnamomi Ramulus; Pinelliae Rhizoma; Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus
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Releases the exterior, dissipates cold, warms the lung and dissolves rheum (fluid retention).
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This formula is indicated for the pattern of exterior cold with interior fluid retention. The symptoms are aversion to cold, fever, absence of sweating, labored breathing, cough, copious clear and thin phlegm, stuffiness in chest, dry retching, difficulty in lying back in the supine position, general body aches, edema of the face and extremities. The tongue coating is white and glossy, and the pulse is superficial.
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8
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Minor Center-Fortifying Decoction
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Cinnamomi Ramulus; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Jujubae Fructus; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens; Saccharum Granorum
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Warms the center, supplements deficiency, harmonizes the interior, and relaxes spasms.
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Deficiency-cold of the middle jiao, disharmony of the liver and spleen, characterized by abdominal spasms and pain which can be lessened by warmth and pressure, fatigue and lack of strength, shortness of breath, palpitations, dysphoria, pale complexion, or sore limbs, vexing heat in the palms, dry throat, a pale tongue with white coating, and a thready, wiry pulse.
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