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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">Cong Chi Tang</name>
    <name type="english">Scallion and Prepared Soybean Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Early Stage Exterior</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Unblocks Yang in the Exterior and induces a mild sweat</summary>
      <indication>Very first stage of a Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat attack on the Lungs, often before it is clear which way it will turn</indication>
      <indication>Low fever and slight chills with no sweating</indication>
      <indication>Headache, and a nose that is blocked or running</indication>
      <indication>Suits the elderly, the very young, women after childbirth and others too weak for a strong sweating formula</indication>
      <indication>Tongue normal with a thin white coat; pulse floating</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Common cold</indication>
      <indication>Upper respiratory infection</indication>
      <indication>Influenza</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>cong bai</herb>
    <herb>dan dou chi</herb>
  </constituents>
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