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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
  <attribution-html>&lt;a href=&quot;https://bencaoindex.com/formulas/da-qiang-huo-tang/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">da qiang huo tang</name>
    <name type="english">Major Notoptyerygium Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Release Exterior Cold</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Scatters Wind-Cold</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Cold-Damp painful obstruction with Heat in the interior</indication>
      <indication>Fever and chills, the fever stronger</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Expels Damp</summary>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat</summary>
      <indication>Dry mouth, thirst and irritability</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Painful obstruction (Bi)</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>qiang huo</herb>
    <herb>du huo</herb>
    <herb>fang feng</herb>
    <herb>xi xin</herb>
    <herb>guang fang ji</herb>
    <herb>huang qin</herb>
    <herb>huang lian</herb>
    <herb>cang zhu</herb>
    <herb>zhi gan cao</herb>
    <herb>bai zhu</herb>
    <herb>zhi mu</herb>
    <herb>chuan xiong</herb>
    <herb>sheng di huang</herb>
  </constituents>
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