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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">bei xie fen qing yin</name>
    <name type="english">Dioscorea Hypoglauca Decoction to Separate the Clear</name>
  </names>
  <category>Warm and Transform Water and Dampness</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Kidneys and dispels Cold from the Lower Jiao</summary>
      <indication>Kidney Yang or Kidney Qi deficiency with Cold, giving turbid urination (gao lin, milky Lin)</indication>
      <indication>Cold or dull aching in the low back and lower abdomen</indication>
      <indication>General tiredness with Cold signs and no Heat</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale with a white coat; pulse deep, slow and weak, possibly slippery</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Drains Dampness and separates the clear from the turbid</summary>
      <indication>Frequent urination that looks cloudy or milky, with no burning or pain</indication>
      <indication>Urine that may look greasy or fatty, or leave sediment</indication>
      <indication>Thick white vaginal discharge</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Chronic prostatitis</indication>
      <indication>Nephrotic syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Flare-ups of chronic nephritis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic pyelonephritis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic cystitis</indication>
      <indication>Urethritis</indication>
      <indication>Urinary tract infections</indication>
      <indication>Gonorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Dysuria</indication>
      <indication>Strangury</indication>
      <indication>Turbid urine</indication>
      <indication>Chyluria</indication>
      <indication>Galacturia</indication>
      <indication>Oliguria</indication>
      <indication>Polyuria</indication>
      <indication>Enuresis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease</indication>
      <indication>Pelvic cellulitis</indication>
      <indication>Trichomonas</indication>
      <indication>Candida albicans</indication>
      <indication>Vaginal itch</indication>
      <indication>Leukorrhagia</indication>
      <indication>Thick white vaginal discharge</indication>
      <indication>Spermatorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Impotence</indication>
      <indication>Low back pain</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>bi xie</herb>
    <herb>yi zhi ren</herb>
    <herb>wu yao</herb>
    <herb>shi chang pu</herb>
  </constituents>
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