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5
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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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6
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Stephania Root and Astragalus Decoction
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Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix; Astragali Radix; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma
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Boosts qi and dispels wind, fortifies the spleen and promotes urination.
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Fang Ji Huang Qi Tang is indicated for patterns of wind-water and wind-damp caused by an insecurity exterior due to exterior deficiency. The symptoms are sweating, aversion to wind, heavy body, slight swelling, pain of the limbs and joints, as well as dysuria. The tongue is pale with a white coating, and the pulse is floating.
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7
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Poria, Licorice Root, Schisandra, Dried Ginger, and Asarum Decoction
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Poria; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma; Asari Radix et Rhizoma; Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus
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Warms the lung and dissolves rheum.
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Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang is indicated for coughing caused by a pattern of cold fluid-retention marked by coughing with a large amount of thin white sputum, a preference to spit out saliva, drooling, and a stuffy chest. The tongue coating is white and glossy and the pulse is wiry and slippery.
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8
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Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes Macrocephala and Licorice Decoction
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Poria; Cinnamomi Ramulus; Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle
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Warms yang and dissolves rheum, fortifies the spleen and drains dampness.
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Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang is indicated for phlegm-rheum due to deficiency of the middle-yang. The symptoms are distention and fullness of chest and rib-side, dizzy vision, palpitations, shortness of breath, and cough. The tongue coating is white and glossy. The pulse is either wiry and slippery or deep and tight.
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