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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">bu gan tang</name>
    <name type="english">Tonify the Liver Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies and regulates the Blood and nourishes Liver Yin</summary>
      <indication>Deficiency of Liver Blood and Yin</indication>
      <indication>Deficient Liver Blood giving rise to internal Wind</indication>
      <indication>Headache, dizziness and ringing in the ears</indication>
      <indication>Dry eyes, sensitivity to light and blurred vision</indication>
      <indication>Numbness and twitching muscles</indication>
      <indication>Irritability and a bad temper</indication>
      <indication>Malar flush and fatigue</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale, or red and dry, with little coat; pulse thready and rapid, thready, wiry and rapid, or wiry</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Anemia</indication>
      <indication>Fatigue</indication>
      <indication>Weakness</indication>
      <indication>Malaise</indication>
      <indication>Chronic fatigue syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Hypotension</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Unilateral pain</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness</indication>
      <indication>Vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Dry eyes</indication>
      <indication>Photophobia</indication>
      <indication>Numbness</indication>
      <indication>Paresthesia</indication>
      <indication>Muscle spasms</indication>
      <indication>Parkinson&apos;s disease</indication>
      <indication>Insomnia</indication>
      <indication>Neurasthenia</indication>
      <indication>Neurosis</indication>
      <indication>Amenorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Late menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Scanty menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Dandruff</indication>
      <indication>AIDS/HIV</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>chuan xiong</herb>
    <herb>Bai Shao</herb>
    <herb>shu di huang</herb>
    <herb>suan zao ren</herb>
    <herb>mu gua</herb>
    <herb>zhi gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
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