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5
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Three-Seed Filial Devotion Decoction
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Perillae Fructus; Brassicae Junceae Semen; Raphani Semen
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Directs qi downward and smoothes diaphragm, dissolves phlegm and promotes digestion.
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San Zi Yang Qin Tang is applicable to patients with phlegm congestion, counterflow qi, and food stagnation. The symptoms include coughing with labored breathing, copious phlegm, chest obstruction, less food intake, difficulty with digestion. The tongue coating is white and greasy and the pulse is slippery.
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6
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Minor Pinellia Decoction
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Pinelliae Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens
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Dissolves phlegm, dissipates rheum, harmonizes the stomach, and directs counterflow downward.
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Xiao Ban Xia Tang is indicated for vomiting due to phlegm-rheum. The symptoms are vomiting phlegm-drool, lack of thirst, retching, hiccup, indigestion, and normal urination. The coating is white and glossy.
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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 Channel-Activating Elixir
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Aconiti Radix Cocta; Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix Cocta; Pheretima; Arisaematis Rhizoma Preparatum; Olibanum; Myrrha
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Dispels wind and eliminates dampness, dissolves phlegm to unblock the collaterals, and invigorates blood to relieve pain.
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1. Bi syndrome due to wind, cold, and dampness characterized by pain, numbness, and spasms of the limbs, body and sinews, dysfunction with bending and stretching the joints, wandering pain, a pale purple tongue body with a white tongue coating, and a deep, wiry or choppy pulse. 2. Wind-strike due to dampness, phlegm, and blood stasis obstructing the collaterals characterized by persistent numbness and weakness of the limbs, heavy sensation in the waist and legs, or pains in the legs and arms, etc.
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