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Field Thistle Drink
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Rehmanniae Radix; Cirsii Herba; Talcum; Akebiae Caulis; Typhae Pollen; Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis; Lophatheri Herba; Angelicae Sinensis Radix; Gardeniae Fructus; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Cools blood and stanches bleeding, promotes urination and relieves strangury.
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Blood strangury or bloody urine is due to the accumulation of heat in the lower jiao. This condition is marked by blood in the urine, and frequent painful urination that is hot with an unsmooth stream. The tongue is red and the pulse is rapid.
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2
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Membrane-Source-Opening Beverage
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Arecae Semen; Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex; Tsaoko Fructus; Anemarrhenae Rhizoma; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Scutellariae Radix; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Opens and vents the membrane-source, dispels filth and removes turbidity.
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Latent pathogen of pestilence or malaria in the pleurodiaphragmatic interspace (membrane-source). Symptoms are aversion to cold with high fever marked by irregular onset such as one or three times per day, chest oppression, headache, vexation and agitation, wiry and rapid pulse, deep red tongue-edge, putrid and greasy tongue coating, or white, thick tongue coating like accumulated powder.
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3
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Red-Guiding Powder
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Rehmanniae Radix; Akebiae Caulis; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Clears heart fire, nourishes yin, and promotes urination.
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This formula is indicated for intense heat in the heart channel. The symptoms are vexing heat in the chest, sores in the mouth and tongue, thirst, red complexion, preference for cold drinks, difficult and painful urination that is dark, a red tongue, and a rapid pulse.
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4
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Gentian Liver-Draining Decoction
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Gentianae Radix et Rhizoma; Scutellariae Radix; Gardeniae Fructus; Alismatis Rhizoma; Akebiae Caulis; Plantaginis Semen; Angelicae Sinensis Radix; Rehmanniae Radix; Bupleuri Radix; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Clears and drains excessive fire of the liver and gallbladder, and clears damp-heat in the liver channel.
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1. Flaming up of excessive fire of the liver and gallbladder, which manifests as headache and red eyes, pain in the rib-side, bitter taste in the mouth, deafness, swelling of the ears, a red tongue with a yellow coating, and a forceful wiry, rapid pulse. 2. Pouring downward of damp-heat in the liver channel, which manifests as vaginal swelling and itching, dampness or sweating at the exterior genitalia, painful urination with turbid urine, impotence, smelly yellow leukorrhea, a red tongue with a yellow greasy coating, and a slippery, wiry, rapid pulse.
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