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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">bei mu gua lou san</name>
    <name type="english">Fritillaria and Trichosanthes Fruit Powder</name>
  </names>
  <category>Moisten Dryness and Transform Phlegm</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Moistens the Lungs and clears Heat</summary>
      <indication>Dryness of the Lungs with Phlegm, or Phlegm-Heat with Dryness</indication>
      <indication>Dry, sore throat and dry mouth, with thirst that can be marked</indication>
      <indication>Copious urination</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red and dry with little coat; pulse thin and rapid or thin and slippery</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Transforms Phlegm, regulates Qi and stops cough</summary>
      <indication>Dry, harsh cough with scant, sticky Phlegm lodged deep and hard to cough up</indication>
      <indication>Wheezing, dyspnea or shortness of breath</indication>
      <indication>A stuck, dry sensation in the throat and chest</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Sore throat</indication>
      <indication>Pharyngitis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic tonsillitis</indication>
      <indication>Aphonia</indication>
      <indication>Nasal dryness</indication>
      <indication>Tracheitis</indication>
      <indication>Bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>Pneumonia</indication>
      <indication>Pertussis</indication>
      <indication>Dry cough</indication>
      <indication>Asthma</indication>
      <indication>Dyspnea</indication>
      <indication>Emphysema</indication>
      <indication>COPD</indication>
      <indication>Pulmonary tuberculosis</indication>
      <indication>Scrofula</indication>
      <indication>Cervical lymphadenopathy</indication>
      <indication>Cervical lymphadenitis</indication>
      <indication>Thyroiditis</indication>
      <indication>Early-stage upper diabetes mellitus</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>bei mu</herb>
    <herb>gua lou</herb>
    <herb>tian hua fen</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>ju hong</herb>
    <herb>jie geng</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
