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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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2
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Major Chest Draining Decoction
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Rhei Radix et Rhizoma; Natrii Sulfas; Kansui Radix
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Drains heat and expels water through purgation.
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Da Xian Xiong Tang is indicated for thoracic accumulation caused by the binding of water and heat. The symptoms are pain that refuses pressure below heart, hardness in the diseased location, or there is a full, hard, and painful region below the heart and above the lesser abdomen and touching is not tolerated. Other accompanying symptoms are shortness of breath, vexation, constipation, and mild tidal fever in the afternoon. The tongue is red with a yellow greasy or watery coating, and the pulse is deep and tight or deep, slow, and powerful.
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Frigid Extremities Powder
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Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle; Aurantii Fructus Immaturus; Bupleuri Radix; Paeoniae Radix Alba
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Moves qi, resolves the constraint, soothes the liver, and rectifies the spleen.
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1. Pattern of yang constraint and reversal counterflow cold of the limbs, marked by a lack of warmth in the extremities, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dysentery tenesmus, and a wiry pulse. 2. Pattern of disharmony of the liver and spleen, marked by distention and fullness in the rib-side, pain in the stomach cavity and abdomen, and a wiry pulse.
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4
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Virgate Wormwood Decoction
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Artemisiae Scopariae Herba; Gardeniae Fructus; Rhei Radix et Rhizoma
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Clears heat, drains dampness, and relieves jaundice.
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Yin Chen Hao Tang is indicated for damp-heat jaundice. The symptoms are bright yellow discoloration of the skin, fever, absence of sweating or only sweating on the head, thirst with a desire to drink, nausea, vomiting, slight abdominal distension, scanty and dark urine, diarrhea, or constipation. The tongue is red with a greasy and yellow coating. The pulse is either deep, rapid or slippery, rapid and powerful.
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