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9
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Oyster Shell Powder
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Astragali Radix; Ephedrae Herba; Ostreae Concha; Tritici Fructus
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Astringes yin and arrests sweating, boosts qi and consolidates the exterior.
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Mu Li San is indicated for spontaneous sweating or night sweat in those with a deficient constitution. Symptoms include constant spontaneous sweating that is worse at night, palpitations, easy to become frightened, shortness of breath, vexation, and fatigue. The tongue body is pale or light red and the pulse is thready and weak.
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10
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Penetrating Vessel-Securing Decoction
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Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma; Astragali Radix; Draconis Os; Ostreae Concha; Corni Fructus; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Sepiae Endoconcha; Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma; Trachycarpi Petiolus Carbonisatus; Galla Chinensis
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Boosts qi, fortifies spleen, and strengthens the chong mai to contain blood.
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Gu Chong Tang is designed for the pattern of spleen and kidney deficiency with insecurity of the chong mai. Uterine bleeding may be profuse or it may routinely spot bleed in an irregular pattern. Profuse menstruation occurs with thin and pale menses, dizziness, cold extremities, palpitation, shortness of breath, mental fatigue, weakness, weak and aching waist and knees.
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11
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Honey-Fried Licorice Decoction
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Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens; Cinnamomi Ramulus; Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma; Rehmanniae Radix; Asini Corii Colla; Ophiopogonis Radix; Cannabis Fructus; Jujubae Fructus
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Boosts qi, enriches yin, unblocks yang, and restores the pulse.
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1. Zhi Gan Cao Tang is indicated for patterns of yin-blood and yang-qi deficiency with malnutrition of the heart vessel. The symptoms are intermittent or knotted pulse, palpitations, weakness, emaciation, weak breathing, etc. The tongue is peeled with a scanty or dry and thin coating. 2. Zhi Gan Cao Tang is indicated for deficiency-consumption and lung atrophy. The symptoms are dry cough without expectoration, or spitting up a small amount of saliva, emaciation, shortness of breath, insomnia, vexation, spontaneous sweating or night sweat, a dry throat and tongue, dry stool, and a deficient, rapid pulse.
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12
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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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