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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">bu huan jin zheng qi san</name>
    <name type="english">Rectify the Qi Powder worht more than gold</name>
  </names>
  <category>Transform Damp Turbid</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Activates Qi, dries Dampness and transforms turbidity</summary>
      <indication>Damp turbidity blocking the Middle Jiao while Wind-Cold attacks the Exterior</indication>
      <indication>Phlegm and Damp lodged in the Spleen and Stomach</indication>
      <indication>Fever and chills with headache</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal fullness and distension</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhoea with mucus; black, tarry stools</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Descends Qi, harmonises the Stomach and stops vomiting</summary>
      <indication>Sudden turmoil disorder, with vomiting</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pink with a thick, white, greasy coat; pulse soft, floating, tight and soft, or weak</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Stomach flu</indication>
      <indication>Acute gastroenteritis</indication>
      <indication>Dysentery</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Nausea and vomiting</indication>
      <indication>Food poisoning causing nausea and vomiting</indication>
      <indication>Cholera</indication>
      <indication>Plague</indication>
      <indication>Anorexia</indication>
      <indication>Indigestion</indication>
      <indication>Belching</indication>
      <indication>Acid reflux</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal fullness and distention</indication>
      <indication>Gastric neurosis</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Common cold</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>hou po</herb>
    <herb>cang zhu</herb>
    <herb>huo xiang</herb>
    <herb>ban xia</herb>
    <herb>chen pi</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
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