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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">da zao wan</name>
    <name type="english">Great Creation Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Nourish and Tonify Yin</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Kidney and Lung Yin</summary>
      <indication>Kidney and Lung Yin deficiency with deficiency Fire: consumptive wasting (xu lao), or Lung consumption</indication>
      <indication>Chronic cough, the phlegm at times streaked with blood</indication>
      <indication>Dry mouth and throat, and a worn-down constitution after long illness</indication>
      <indication>Wasting, general weakness, and a sore, weak lower back and knees</indication>
      <indication>Seminal emission, and difficulty conceiving from depleted Kidney Jing</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Anchors floating Yang and drains deficiency Fire</summary>
      <indication>Bone-steaming: afternoon tidal fever, flushed cheeks and night sweats</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red and dry with a thin or scanty coat; pulse thin and rapid</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>zi he che</herb>
    <herb>su jiu gui ban</herb>
    <herb>huang bai</herb>
    <herb>du zhong</herb>
    <herb>huai niu xi</herb>
    <herb>mai men dong</herb>
    <herb>tian men dong</herb>
    <herb>sheng di huang</herb>
    <herb>ren shen</herb>
  </constituents>
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