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Ten Jujubes Decoction
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Genkwa Flos; Kansui Radix; Euphorbiae Pekinensis Radix
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Expels water by purgation.
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This formula is used for pleural rheum with chest and hypochondriac radiating pain caused by coughing and spitting. There is also hardness and distention below the heart, belching, shortness of breath, headache, dizziness, pulling pain resulting in breathlessness, a slippery tongue coating, and a deep and wiry pulse. It is also indicated for edema all over the body, especially in the lower half of the body, with abdominal distention, panting, and difficult defecation and urination.
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2
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Major Bupleurum Decoction
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Bupleuri Radix; Scutellariae Radix; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Pinelliae Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens; Aurantii Fructus Immaturus; Jujubae Fructus; Rhei Radix et Rhizoma
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Harmonizes shaoyang and drains interior heat bind.
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This formula treats a combined shaoyang-yangming pattern characterized by alternating chills and fever, fullness and discomfort in the chest and rib-side, frequent vomiting, constant vexation, epigastric pi and hardness or epigastric fullness and pain, constipation or diarrhea with fever, a yellow tongue coating, and a powerful wiry, rapid pulse.
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3
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Pinellia Heart-Draining Decoction
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Pinelliae Rhizoma; Scutellariae Radix; Zingiberis Rhizoma; Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma; Coptidis Rhizoma; Jujubae Fructus; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Disperses pi and dissipates masses through the combination of cold and warm medicinals.
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Pi is caused by the binding of cold and heat, marked by stuffiness below the heart, fullness without pain, vomiting, borborygmus, diarrhea, and a slightly yellow, greasy coating.
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