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Pinellia and Officinal Magnolia Bark Decoction
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Pinelliae Rhizoma; Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex; Poria; Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens; Perillae Folium
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Moves qi and dissipates masses, directs counterflow downward and dissolves phlegm.
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Ban Xia Hou Po Tang is indicated for plum-stone qi (globus hystericus). The symptoms are fullness and tightness in the chest and diaphragm, coughing, and vomiting. The tongue coating is white and moist or white and glossy. The pulse is wiry and slow or wiry and slippery.
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14
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Four Gentlemen Decoction
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Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma; Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma; Poria; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle
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Boosts qi and fortifies the spleen.
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Si Jun Zi Tang is indicated for patterns of spleen-stomach qi deficiency. Clinical manifestations include a pale, lusterless facial complexion, a faint, low voice, shortness of breath, and thin, unformed stool. The tongue is pale with a white coating. The pulse is deficient and weak.
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15
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Left-Restoring Pill
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Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata; Dioscoreae Rhizoma; Lycii Fructus; Corni Fructus; Cyathulae Radix; Cervi Cornus Colla; Testudinis Plastri Colla; Cuscutae Semen
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Enriches kidney yin, supplements essence, and boosts marrow.
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Zuo Gui Wan is used to treat patterns of true yin deficiency marked by dizziness, blurred vision, soreness of the waist and knees, seminal emission, efflux diarrhea, spontaneous sweating, night sweat, a dry mouth and tongue, a red tongue with a scanty coating, and a thready pulse.
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16
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Yang-Returning Emergency Decoction
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Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata; Zingiberis Rhizoma; Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle; Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma; Cinnamomi Cortex; Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium; Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus; Poria; Pinelliae Rhizoma
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Restores yang to rescue from desertion, boosts qi and engenders pulse.
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This formula treats pathogenic cold directly attacking the three yin channels, causing yang weakness. This pattern is characterized by reversal cold of the limbs, debilitated spirit, desire to sleep, aversion to cold, lying curled up, vomiting and diarrhea, stomach pain, no thirst, shivering, greenish-purple nails and lips, frothy saliva, a pale white tongue body with a white tongue coating, and a deep, feeble or barely perceivable pulse.
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