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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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2
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Tea-Mix and Chuanxiong Powder
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Chuanxiong Rhizoma; Schizonepetae Herba; Angelicae Dahuricae Radix; Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Asari Radix et Rhizoma; Saposhnikoviae Radix; Menthae Haplocalycis Herba
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Scatters wind and relieves pain.
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Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San is indicated for headaches caused by externally-contracted wind. The symptoms are headache in any part of the head, dizzy vision, and nasal congestion possibly accompanied by aversion to wind and fever. The tongue coating is thin and white, and the pulse is floating.
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3
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Jade Wind-Barrier Powder
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Saposhnikoviae Radix; Astragali Radix; Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma
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Boosts qi, consolidates the exterior, and arrests sweating.
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Yu Ping Feng San is indicated for patterns of spontaneous sweating due to exterior deficiency. Sweating, aversion to wind, a pale complexion, a pale tongue with a thin and white coating, and a floating, deficient pulse mark the clinical manifestations. It is also used to treat patients with a deficient constitution and deficient wei qi that is vulnerable to external wind pathogens.
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4
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Cinnamon Twig Decoction
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Cinnamomi Ramulus; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens; Jujubae Fructus
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Releases the flesh and the exterior, harmonizes ying and wei levels.
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Gui Zhi Tang is indicated for externally contracted wind-cold affecting those with an exterior deficiency constitution. The symptoms are aversion to wind, fever, perspiration, headache, congested and noisy nose, and dry retching. The tongue has a white coating, there is no thirst, and the pulse is either superficial and moderate or superficial and weak.
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