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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">da bu yuan jian</name>
    <name type="english">Great Tonify the Basal Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Nourish and Tonify Yin</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies Yin and Blood</summary>
      <indication>Severe damage to the Yuan Qi and Blood</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale red with a normal coat; pulse deep and frail, or deep and slow</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Benefits Yang and Qi</summary>
      <indication>Uterine prolapse with marked distension of the lower abdomen</indication>
      <indication>Low spirits and weak legs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens Kidney Jing</summary>
      <indication>Kidney Jing deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Sore, weak lower back</indication>
      <indication>Ringing in the ears, loss of hearing, dizziness and poor memory</indication>
      <indication>Frequent urination, worse at night, and night-time emissions</indication>
      <indication>Heavy, pinkish discharge with the period</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates the Spleen</summary>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Uterine prolapse</indication>
      <indication>Vaginal prolapse</indication>
      <indication>Rectal prolapse</indication>
      <indication>Strangury</indication>
      <indication>Renal tuberculosis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic urinary tract infection</indication>
      <indication>Prostatitis</indication>
      <indication>Polyuria</indication>
      <indication>Impotence</indication>
      <indication>Nocturnal emissions</indication>
      <indication>Late menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Metrorrhagia</indication>
      <indication>Hypothyroidism</indication>
      <indication>Optic atrophy</indication>
      <indication>Tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Deafness</indication>
      <indication>Forgetfulness</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
      <indication>Weakness</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>ren shen</herb>
    <herb>shan yao</herb>
    <herb>shu di huang</herb>
    <herb>du zhong</herb>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>shan zhu yu</herb>
    <herb>gou qi zi</herb>
    <herb>zhi gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
