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5
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Major Yin-Supplementing Pill
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Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata; Testudinis Plastrum; Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex; Anemarrhenae Rhizoma
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Enriches yin and subdues fire.
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Da Bu Yin Wan is used to treat patterns of yin deficiency with deficiency fire marked by steaming bone fever, night sweat, seminal emission, cough, hemoptysis, vexation, irascibility, pain and redness of the feet and knees, a red tongue with scanty coating, and a rapid, powerful pulse at the chi position.
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6
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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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7
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Cimicifuga and Pueraria Decoction
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Cimicifugae Rhizoma; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Puerariae Lobatae Radix
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Releases the flesh and promotes complete eruption of rashes.
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This formula is indicated for the initial stage of measles. Signs and symptoms include rashes unable to break out, body heat, headache, cough, red eyes, tearing, thirst, a red tongue with a thin, dry tongue coating, and a superficial, rapid pulse.
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8
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Four Substances Decoction
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Angelicae Sinensis Radix; Chuanxiong Rhizoma; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata
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Supplements and regulates the blood.
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Si Wu Tang is used to treat patterns of ying-blood deficiency and stagnation manifesting dizziness, blurred vision, palpitations, insomnia, a lusterless complexion, menstrual irregularities, oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea, abdominal pain around the navel or mass (s) formed within the abdomen, a pale tongue, pale lips and nails, a thready, wiry pulse or thready, choppy pulse.
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