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Clear Damp Heat21
Clear Heat and Open the Orifices1
Clear heat and Relieve Toxicity15
Clear Heat and Stop Bleeding11
Clear Heat and Transform Phlegm8
Clear Heat from Organs26
Clear Heat from Qi Level15
Clear Heat from the Nutritive Level and Cool Blood2
Direct Rebellious Qi Downward13
Drain Downward17
Drive out Excess Water4
Dry Dampness and Expel Phlegm6
Early Stage Exterior1
Enrich Yin and Moisten Dryness9
Extinguish Internal Wind8
Formulas that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit10
Formulas that Reduce Food Stagnation7
Formulas that Release Exterior - Interior Excess6
Formulas that Release Exterior Disorders with Head and Neck Symptoms5
Formulas that Release Exterior Disorders with Interior Deficiency9
Gently Disperse and Moisten Dryness3
Harmonize Lesser Yang Stage Disorders13
Induce Vomiting to Discharge Phlegm2
Invigorate the blood and Dispel Stasis13
Invigorate the Blood in the Treatment of Trauma4
Moisten Dryness and Transform Phlegm2
Moisten Intestines and Unblock Bowels4
Nourish and Tonify Yin21
Promote Movement of Qi12
Promote Urination and leach out dampness11
Regulate and Harmoize the Liver and Spleen9
Release Exterior Cold26
Release Exterior Wind Heat7
Release Wind from Skin and Channels10
Relieve Summer Heat5
Rescue Devastated Yang8
Restrain Leakage from the Intestines4
Scour Phlegm and Open Orifices3
Sedate and Calm Spirit2
Stabilize the Exterior and the Lungs2
Stabilize the Kidneys6
Stabilize the Womb3
Tonfiy the Qi21
Tonify and Stop Bleeding3
Tonify the Qi and Blood10
Transform Damp Turbid11
Transform Phlegm and Dissipate Nodules2
Transform Phlegm and Extinguish Wind3
Warm and Tonify the Yang8
Warm and Transform Cold-Phlegm4
Warm and Transform Water and Dampness5
Warm the Channels and Disperse Cold4
Warm the Menses and Dispel Blood Stasis3
Warm the Middle and Dispel Cold13
Warm Yang and Guide out Accumulation4

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