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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">chai hu zhi jie tang</name>
    <name type="english">Bupleurum, bitter orange, and platycodon Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Harmonize Lesser Yang Stage Disorders</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Harmonizes and releases the Shao Yang</summary>
      <indication>Shao Yang pattern, including a Shao Yang disorder with stagnant Qi</indication>
      <indication>Chills alternating with fever</indication>
      <indication>Headache at the sides of the forehead or the top of the head</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness, vertigo and reduced hearing</indication>
      <indication>Tongue normal with a white coat; pulse wiry and slippery on the right, wiry, floating and large on the left</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes the smooth flow of Qi in the chest and diaphragm</summary>
      <indication>Fullness of the chest and flanks, with pain in the chest and below the ribs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Irritable bowel syndrome alongside a Shao Yang pattern</indication>
      <indication>Indigestion</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Chronic gastroenteritis</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>chai hu</herb>
    <herb>zhi ke</herb>
    <herb>jiang ban xia</herb>
    <herb>sheng jiang</herb>
    <herb>jie geng</herb>
    <herb>huang qin</herb>
    <herb>chen pi</herb>
  </constituents>
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