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Eight Corrections Powder
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Plantaginis Semen; Dianthi Herba; Polygoni Avicularis Herba; Talcum; Gardeniae Fructus; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle; Akebiae Caulis; Rhei Radix et Rhizoma
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Clears heat and subdues fire, promotes urination, and relieves strangury.
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Ba Zheng San is indicated for damp-heat strangury. The symptoms are frequent urgent urination, odynuria, dribbling urination, dark yellow urine, retention of urine in severe cases, cramps and fullness of abdomen, and a dry mouth and throat. The coating is yellow and greasy and the pulse is slippery and rapid.
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2
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Major Purgative Decoction
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Rhei Radix et Rhizoma; Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex; Aurantii Fructus Immaturus; Natrii Sulfas
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Drastically purges heat accumulation.
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1. Excess heat in the yangming fu-organs. The symptoms are constipation with frequent flatulence, gastric stuffiness and abdominal fullness, abdominal pain that feels worse with pressure, and the abdomen is tense and firm when pressed. In severe cases, there may be tidal fever, delirious speech, and profuse sweating from the palms and soles. The tongue coating is dry and yellow with prickles, or dry and parched black with cracks. The pulse is deep and excessive. 2. Heat retention with watery discharge. The symptoms are watery green, foul-smelling diarrhea, umbilical and abdominal pain, hardness with clumps felt when pressing the abdomen, and a dry mouth and tongue. The pulse is slippery and excessive. 3. Internal excess heat. The symptoms are heat inversion (heat syncope), convulsive disease, and mania.
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3
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Rhubarb and Cortex Moutan Decoction
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Rhei Radix et Rhizoma; Moutan Cortex; Persicae Semen; Benincasae Semen; Natrii Sulfas
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Drains heat, breaks up stasis, dissipates masses, and relieves swollen sores.
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Da Huang Mu Dan Tang is indicated for the initial stage of intestinal abscess caused by the stagnation of dampness, heat, and blood stasis. The symptoms are pain which refuses pressure in the right lesser abdomen (lateral aspects of the lower abdomen), pain that can be as severe as strangury or even accompanied with swollen mass in the right lesser abdomen, bent right foot which cannot stretch otherwise the pain being worsened, normal urination, frequent fever, spontaneous sweating, and aversion to cold. The tongue coating is thin, greasy, and yellow. The pulse is slippery and rapid.
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4
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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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