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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">bu fei e jiao tang</name>
    <name type="english">Tonify the Lungs Decoction with Ass-Hide Gelatin</name>
  </names>
  <category>Enrich Yin and Moisten Dryness</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Lung Yin and tonifies the Lungs</summary>
      <indication>Heat from deficiency of Lung Yin</indication>
      <indication>Flushed cheeks, afternoon fever, heat in the palms, soles and chest, and night sweats</indication>
      <indication>Insomnia, fatigue and weight loss</indication>
      <indication>Dry mouth and a dry or sore throat</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Lung Heat and stops cough</summary>
      <indication>Chronic dry cough that tends to worsen at night, with scant, sticky or white phlegm hard to bring up</indication>
      <indication>Wheezing and shortness of breath</indication>
      <indication>Hoarse voice</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Sputum streaked or tinged with blood</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red with little or no coat; pulse floating, thin and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Pulmonary tuberculosis</indication>
      <indication>Pneumonia</indication>
      <indication>Chronic bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>Bronchiectasis</indication>
      <indication>Hemoptysis</indication>
      <indication>Emphysema</indication>
      <indication>Vocal cord nodules</indication>
      <indication>Hoarseness</indication>
      <indication>Aphonia</indication>
      <indication>Asthma</indication>
      <indication>Cough, including chronic dry cough</indication>
      <indication>Chronic tonsillitis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic pharyngitis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic laryngitis</indication>
      <indication>COPD</indication>
      <indication>Dyspnea</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>e jiao</herb>
    <herb>ma dou ling</herb>
    <herb>xing ren</herb>
    <herb>niu bang zi</herb>
    <herb>geng mi</herb>
    <herb>zhi gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
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