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Ma Huang and Gui Zhi

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  • for patterns of wind-cold exterior excess presenting with fever and chills but no sweating (ma huang tang)
  • wind-cold-damp painful obstruction
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Ma Huang and Xing Ren

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for wind-cold cough and wheezing (xiao qing long tang and san do tang)

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Ma Huang and Shi Gao

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cough from heat obstructing the LU with wheezing and nasal flaring (ma xing shi gan tang)

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Ma Huang and Ren Shen

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wind-cold where there is underlying primal qi xu

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Ma Huang and Bai Zhu

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for acute onset edema (yue bi jia zhu tang)

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Ma Huang and Zhi Fu Zi

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  • for wind-cold painful obstruction

- for exterior cold conditions and edema associated with yang deficiency

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Ma Huang and Shu Di Huang

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for deep-rooted toxic sores without a head cause by cold-dampness obstructing the channels
-for cough and wheezing associated with KI yin xu (yang he tang)

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Gui Zhi and Bai Shao

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  • for externally contracted wind cold that presents as a disharmony of the nutritive and protective qi with fever, chills, sweating.
  • warm and tonify M.B. (gui zhi tang, xiao jian zhong tang)
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Gui Zhi and Zhi Fu Zi

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-for chills and painful extremities in cases of yang deficiency with painful obstruction (gui zhi fu zi tang)

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Gui Zhi and Chuang Xiong

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-to expel wind-dampness, warm the channels and collaterals, facilitate joint movement, and relieve the discomfort of painful obstruction

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Gui Zhi and Han Fan Ji

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-for painful obstruction resulting from invasion of pathogenic wind, cold, and dampness into the channels and collaterals

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Gui Zhi, Mu Li, and Long Gu

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-for irritability and insomnia due to floating yang in the U.B. and injured yin in the L.B as a result of HT yang xu (gui zhi gan cao long gu mu li tang)

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Gui Zhi and Zhi Gan Cao

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-for palpitations and shortness of breath due to listless chest yang

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Gui Zhi and Fu Ling

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  • to unblock the yang and facilitate the removal of thin mucus associated with yang xu edema.
  • for palpitations and dyspnia due to HT yang xu
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Gui Zhi and Dan Shen

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-for palpitations and chest pain caused by HT yang xu and subsequent painful obstruction due to blood stasis blocking the channels

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Gui Zhi, Tao Ren, and Mu Dan Pi

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-for trauma-induced pain or gynecological discomfort due to blood stasis

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Gui Zhi and Wu Zhu Yu

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-for abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, and menstrual irregularity due to cold from deficiency in the penetrating and conception vessels

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Zi Su Ye and Xian Fu

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-to release exterior in patient with pre-existing qi constraint.

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Zi Su Ye and Jie Geng

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-for common colds with such symptoms as nasal congestion and productive cough

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Zi Su Ye and Dang Shen

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-to benefit the qi and release the exterior in patients who are weak or debilitated

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Zi Su Ye, Lai Fu Zi, and Xing Ren

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-to disperse phlegm and alleviate wheezing

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Zi Su Ye, Mu Gua, and Hou Po

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to disperse heat and relieve summerheat

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Zi Su Ye and Huo Xiang

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-to release the exterior, regulate the qi, warm the M.B., and transform turbidity. Used in cases of influenza and common cold caused by wind-cold-dampness. Especially effective for symptoms of abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea. often add wu yao

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Zi Su Ye, Jie Geng, and Zhi Ke

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ease diaphragm and intestines

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Zi Su Ye, Chuan Xiong, and Dang Gui

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to harmonize blood and disperse blood stasis

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Zi Su Ye, Sha Ren and Chen Pi

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  • for restless fetus caused by stagnant qi.

- for stifling sensation and fullness in chest and abdomen

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Zi Su Ye and Huang Lian

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  • for morning sickness and irritability during pregnancy

- whenever M.B. stagnation tends toward heat

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Zi Su Ye and Sheng Jiang

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  • for seafood poisoning

- for exterior conditions

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Jing Jie, Fang Feng, and Qiang Huo

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-for exterior wind-cold with chills, fever, and lack of sweating (jing fang bai du san)

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Jing Jie, Bo He, Lian Qiao, and Jin Yin Hua

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-for exterior wind-heat (Yin Qiao San)

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Jing Jie, Huang Qin, and Ju Hua

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-for eye inflammation associated with wind-heat

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Jing Jie, Huo Xiang, and Pei Lan

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-for externally contracted damp disorders

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Jing Jie, Jie Geng, and Gan Cao

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-for acute cough associated with externally contracted disorders

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Jing Jie and Dang Gui

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  • for itching from wind due to blood deficiency (xiao feng san).
  • Chuan Xiong strengthens effect
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Jing Jie, Nui Bang Zi, and Chan Tui

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for initial stage of measles

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Jing Jie, Mu Zei, and Gu Jing Cao

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for pruritic rash

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Jing Jie and Chi Xiao Dou

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for itchy wind rash and swollen toxic sores

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Jing Jie and Huai Mi

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for blood in the stool (Huai Hua San)

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Fang Feng and Qin Jiao

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for pain due to wind-dampness in patients with blood xu

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Fang Feng and Cang Zhu

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for pain due to wind dampness, or diarrhea due to wind-cold in patients with patterns of SP dampness (Tong Xie Yao Fang)

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Fang Feng, Qiang Huo, Du Huo, and Wei Ling Xian

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for painful obstruction

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Fang Feng and Zhi Tian Nan Xing

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for headache, generalized body aches, and numbness caused by wind and phlegm obstructing the channels

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Fang Feng, Chuan Xiong, Zhi Fu Si, and Shu Di Huang

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for legs so painful and weakened after dysenteric disorder that it’s difficult to walk, or for crane’s knee wind (Da Fang Feng Tang)

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Qiang Huo and Chuan Xiong

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for headache and generalized body aches associated with the common cold or painful obstruction

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Qiang Huo and Du Huo

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for wind-dampness at any level

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Gao Ben and Xi Xin

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for headache caused by wind-cold-dampness, headache occuring at the vertex, stiff neck, or toothache

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Gao Ben, Chuan Xiong, and Bai Zhi

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to accentuate pain-relieving action. Often used together to treat headaches

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Gao Ben and Bai Zhi

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-as face cream for wind and/or dampness affecting face manifesting as acne, rosaceae, or dandruff. can be used to enhance the complexion

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Gao Ben and Cang Zhu

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for back pain and joint pain associated with the initial stage of painful obstruction

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Gao Ben and Qiang Huo

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for headache and stiffness of the nape of the neck due to wind-dampness in the governing vessel

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Gao Ben and Xiang Fu

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for epigastric pain from dampness obstructing the qi dynamic with a greasy sensation in the mouth, excessive saliva, dull aching in the epigastrum and flanks, and loose stools

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Gao Ben and Wu Zhu Yu

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for abdominal pain and bulging disorders due to cold-dampness. often used with Xiao Hui Xiang

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Bai Zhi and Ge Gen

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for wind-cold trapped at the level of the muscles and interstices

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Bai Zhi and Xi Xin

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for wind-cold induced headache, sinus headache, and orbital headache

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Bai Zhi and Chuang Xiong

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for headache

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Bai Zhi, Xi Xin, Xin Yi and Cang Er Zi

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1 for sinus infection (Cang Er Zi San)

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Bai Zhi and Bai Jiang Can

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for frontal headache

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Bai Zhi and Huang Qin

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for wind-heat headache

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Bai Zhi, Shi Gao, and Sheng Ma

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for toothache

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Bai Zhi and Jie Geng

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for ulcerated boils in cases when the pus is not discharged

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Bai Zhi, Jin Yin Hua, and Dang Gui

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for early stage sores and carbuncles (Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin)

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Bai Zhi, Pu Gong Yin, Gua Lou, and Bei Mu

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Breast abscesses

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Bai Zhi, Fu Ling, Bai Zhu, and Hai Piao Xiao

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for cold-damp vaginal discharge

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Bai Zhi, Huang Bai, and Che Qian Zi

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for damp-heat vaginal discharge

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Bai Zhi and Gan Cao

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for pain associated with ulcers

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Xi Xin and Chai Hu

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for headache due to trauma or wind-cold obstructing the channels

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Xi Xin, Zhi Fu Zi, Zhi Chuan Wu, Gui Zhi, and Huang Qi

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for painful obstruction with chills that is aggravated by exposure to wind or cold

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Xi Xin and Sheng Di Huang

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for headache and toothache caused by wind-heat

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Xi Xin, Gui Zhi and Dan Shen

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for chest pain due to cold-induced stagnant qi

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Xi Xin, Dang Gui, and Hong Hua

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for painful breast lumps

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Xi Xin and Wu Wei Zi

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to protect the LU from cough and wheezing due to cold-induced phlegm

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Xi Xin, Gui Zhi, and Fu Ling

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for thin mucus rebelling upward and affecting the LU with wheezing and urinary dificulty

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Xi Xin, Zi Wan and Kuan Dong Hua

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for chronic persistent cough

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Xi Xin, Chuan Xiong, Bai Shi, Xin Yi Hua, Gao Ben, and Shi Chang Pu

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for headache and nasal congestion due to wind-cold with loss of the sense of smell and profuse runny nasal discharge

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Xi Xin, Bai Zhi, Xin Yin Hua, and Bo He

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for nasal congestion

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Xi Xin and Huang Lian

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as topical powder for mouth or tongue ulcers

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Sheng Jiang and Zhi Ban Xia

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vomiting due to many causes

-productive cough from phlegm-dampness

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Sheng Jiang and Zhu Ru

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vomiting due to heat in patients with ST qi xu

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Sheng Jiang, Zhu Li

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cough and headache due to heat-induced phlegm

-aphasia and numbness from wind-stroke due to phlegm obstruction

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Cong Bai and Dan Dou Chi

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chills, fever, absence of sweating, and nasal congestion associated with the initial stage of an externally-contracted wind-cold disorder (Cong Chi Tang)

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Xiang Ru and Bai Bian Dou

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sudden turmoil disorder caused by externally-contracted cold in the hummertime

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Xiang Ru, Bai Bian Dou and Hou Po

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exterior cold and interior dampness presenting with fever, absence of sweating, headache, thirst, vomiting, and diarrhea (Xiang Ru San)

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Xiang Ru, Jin Yin Hua, and Liang Qiao

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early stages of summerheat with superimposed contraction of cold marked by fever, chills, no sweating headache, and flushed face (Xin Jia Xiang Ru Yin)

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Xiang Ru and Huo Xiang

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damp-summerhead with symptoms of fever and chills, feeling of constriction in chest, vomiting, and abdominal pain

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Xiang Ru and Bai Shu

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sudden turmoil disorder due to SP dampness together with exterior cold due to excessive intake of cold or raw foods and beverages.
-edema due to accumulation of cold-dampness

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Xiang Ru, Bai Mao Gen, and Yi Mu Cao

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edema with fever, absence of sweating, and dark, scanty urine

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Cang Er Zi, Wei Ling Xian, Chuan Xiong, and Cang Zhu

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pain, numbness, and cramping of the extremities due to wind-damp painful obstruction

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Cang Er Zi, Ci Ji Li, Di Fu Zi, and Chan Tui

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both as internally ingested decoction and an external wash, for itching due to wind rash or dampness-induced sores

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Bo He and Ju Hua

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headache due to externally-contracted wind-heat

-headache and pain, redness, and swelling in the eyes due to excessive LR fire

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Bo He, Jie Geng, and Bai Jiang Can

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painful, swollen throat

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Bo He and Niu Bang Zhi

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sores due to externally-contracted wind-heat, dry throat and cough with yellow sputum, incomplete expression of measles, or pruritic rash

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Be He and Gou Teng

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to prevent the development of convulsions in febrile children

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Bo He and Xia Ku Cao

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inflammation of the eyes or scrofula

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Bo He, Chan Tui, Jin Jie Sui and Di Fu Zi

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itching due to wind rashes

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Bo He, Bai Jiang Cao, Chang Tui, and Quan Xie

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rashes with severe itching

-childhood convulsions

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Bo He, Bai Shao, and Chai Hu

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LR constraint with symptoms like stifling sensation in chest or pain and distention in flanks (Xiao Yao San)

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Bo He and Yin Chai Hu

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heat from ST and LR xu

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Bo He, Huo Xiang, Pei Lan and Lian Qiao

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internal constraint of summerheat with distention, pain, vomiting, and diarrhea (Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan)

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Niu Bang Zhi and Gan Cao

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sore throat due to wind heat or heat toxin

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Niu Bang Zhi and Jie Geng

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inflammation of the throat and productive cough due to externally-contracted wind-heat. Add Bo He to increase wind-heat dispersal (Yin Qiao San)

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Niu Bang Zhi, She Gan, and Ma Bo

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severe sore throat (Yin Qiao Ma Bo San)

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Niu Bang Zhi, Jie Geng, Sang Ye, and Zhe Be Mu

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wind-heat coughs with sputum that is difficult to expectorate

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Niu Bang Zhi and Shan Yao

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cough and yin deficiency

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Niu Bang Zhi, Da Huang, and Shan Dou Gen

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severe sore throat due to fire toxin

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Niu Bang Zhi and Lian Qiao

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pain and swelling of the throat and ulcerations and abscesses of the tongue and mouth

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Niu Bang Zhi, Ban Lan Gen, Lian Qiao, and Ye Ju Hua

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mumps

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Chan Tui and Pang Da Hai

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hoarseness due to LU heat

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Chan Tui, Ju Hua, and Mu Zei

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wind-heat affecting the eyes

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Chan Tui, Quan Xie, Bai Jiang Can, and Gou Teng

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night terrors or convulsions due to LR wind

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Sang Ye and Ju Hua

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wind-heat induced cough, eye redness, swelling, and pain (Sang Ju Yin)

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Sang Ye, Ju Hua, Xia Ku Cao, and Mu Zei

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LR fire-induced eye redness, swelling, and pain

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Sang Ye, Ju Hua, Shi Jue Ming, and Mu Li

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dizziness and vertigo due to ascendant LR yang

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Sang Ye, Ju Hua, Ling Yang Jiao, and Gou Teng

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twitching and spasms due to LR wind (Ling Jiao Gou Teng Yin)

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Sang Ye, Xing Ren, Zhe Bei Mu, and Mai Men Dong

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coughing due to warm-dryness attacking the exterior with fever, headache, and a cough with scanty, thick, and sticky sputum (Sang Xing Tang)

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Sang Ye and Shi Gao

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warm-dryness attacking the LU with fever, hacking cough, and dry and parched throat (Qing Zao Jiu Fei Tang)

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Ju Hua and Chuan Xiong

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headache due to externally-contracted wind-heat or ascendant LR yang

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Ju Hua and Gou Qi Zi

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dizziness and blurred vision due to LR and KI xu (Qi Ju Di Huang Wan)

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Ju Hua, Bai Shao, Shi Jue Ming, Tian Ma, and Gou Teng

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headache, dizziness, and vertigo due to ascendant LR yang

-seizures and convulsions in children due to the internal movement of LR wind

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Ju Hua, Jin Yin Hua, and Pu Gong Yin

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colorless, painless, flat, slow-healing suppurative inflammation of the soft tissues and other toxic swellings

120
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Man Jing Zi and Ci Ji Li

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headache and dizziness due to wind-heat. Ju Hua and Chan Tui often added

121
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Man Jing Zi, Ren Shen, and Huang Qi

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eye disease, tinnitus, dizziness, and deafness due to deficiency

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Man Jing Zi, Qiang Huo, Du Huo, and Gao Ben

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superficial wind-dampness with heavy and painful head and generalized heaviness (Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang)

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Dan Dou Chi and Zhi Zi

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irritability and stifling sensation in chest from residual heat (Zhi Zi Chi Tang)

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Dan Dou Chi, Lu Lu Tong, and Di Gu Pi

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blood in the urine

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