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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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18
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Ophiopogon Decoction
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Ophiopogonis Radix; Pinelliae Rhizoma; Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Oryza Sativa L; Jujubae Fructus
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Clears and nourishes the lung and stomach, directs counterflow downward and lowers qi.
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Mai Men Dong Tang is indicated for lung wei (lung atrophy) due to deficiency-heat. The symptoms are coughing, labored breathing, throat discomfort, sputum that is difficult to expectorate, coughing up or spitting saliva, dry mouth and throat, feverish feeling in the palms and soles. The tongue is red with scanty tongue coating, and the pulse is deficient and rapid. Mai Men Dong Tang is also indicated for stomach yin deficiency with vomiting, poor appetite, hiccup, thirst, dry throat. The tongue is red with scanty tongue coating, and the pulse is deficient and rapid.
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19
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Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Licorice and Gypsum Decoction
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Ephedrae Herba; Armeniacae Semen Amarum; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Gypsum Fibrosum
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Acrid-cool to scatter the exterior, clear heat, and calm labored breathing.
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This formula is indicated for patterns of externally contracted wind causing pathogenic heat to obstruct the lung. Signs and symptoms include continuous fever, cough with rapid qi counterflow or even flaring of nostrils, thirst, presence or absence of sweat, a thin white or yellowish tongue coating, and a superficial and rapid pulse.
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20
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Ephedra Decoction
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Ephedrae Herba; Cinnamomi Ramulus; Armeniacae Semen Amarum; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Induces sweating to release the exterior, diffuses the lung to calm labored breathing.
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Ma Huang Tang is indicated for an externally contracted wind-cold exterior-excess pattern. The symptoms are aversion to cold, headache, generalized body pain, absence of sweating, and labored breathing. The tongue coating is thin and white, and the pulse is superficial and tight.
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