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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">dang gui si ni tang</name>
    <name type="english">Tangkuei for Frigid Extermities</name>
  </names>
  <category>Warm the Channels and Disperse Cold</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the channels and disperses Cold</summary>
      <indication>Blood deficiency letting Cold block the channels; Jue Yin Cold</indication>
      <indication>Hands and feet that have long been cold, pale and cold to the touch as well as feeling cold, without signs of Yang collapse</indication>
      <indication>Chills</indication>
      <indication>Pain from Cold in the joints, lower back, legs or feet, or a headache from Cold</indication>
      <indication>Pain and distention of the abdomen, pain along the midline and in the uterus, and possible chest pain</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Extra sweating, mostly of the feet, and extra saliva</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale with a white coat; pulse thin or minute</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Blood and unblocks the vessels</summary>
      <indication>Painful or irregular periods from Cold and Blood deficiency</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Raynaud&apos;s disease</indication>
      <indication>Acrocyanosis</indication>
      <indication>Frostbite</indication>
      <indication>Chilblains</indication>
      <indication>Buerger&apos;s disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)</indication>
      <indication>Thrombophlebitis</indication>
      <indication>Takayasu&apos;s arteritis</indication>
      <indication>Coronary artery insufficiency</indication>
      <indication>Basilar artery insufficiency</indication>
      <indication>Varicocele</indication>
      <indication>Peripheral neuropathy (diabetic, or caused by chemotherapy)</indication>
      <indication>Peripheral neuritis</indication>
      <indication>Trigeminal neuralgia</indication>
      <indication>Athetosis</indication>
      <indication>Hypertrophic myelitis</indication>
      <indication>Rheumatoid arthritis</indication>
      <indication>Arthritis</indication>
      <indication>Arthralgia</indication>
      <indication>Cold-type painful obstruction</indication>
      <indication>Gout</indication>
      <indication>Fibromyalgia</indication>
      <indication>Sciatica</indication>
      <indication>Lumbago</indication>
      <indication>Lower back sprain</indication>
      <indication>Hip pain</indication>
      <indication>Periarthritis of the shoulder</indication>
      <indication>Frozen shoulder</indication>
      <indication>Tenosynovitis</indication>
      <indication>Wrist and hand pain</indication>
      <indication>Migraine</indication>
      <indication>Vascular headaches</indication>
      <indication>Hypertensive headache</indication>
      <indication>Traumatic headache</indication>
      <indication>Meniere&apos;s disease</indication>
      <indication>Ear pain</indication>
      <indication>Gingivitis</indication>
      <indication>Allergic rhinitis</indication>
      <indication>Early upper respiratory tract infection</indication>
      <indication>Chronic urticaria</indication>
      <indication>Erythema multiforme</indication>
      <indication>Scleroderma</indication>
      <indication>Psoriasis</indication>
      <indication>Calluses and corns</indication>
      <indication>Peptic ulcer</indication>
      <indication>Chronic gastritis</indication>
      <indication>Cholecystitis</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal Cold</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal fullness and distention</indication>
      <indication>Intestinal colic</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Postoperative adhesions</indication>
      <indication>Hernia from Cold</indication>
      <indication>Dysmenorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Amenorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Endometriosis</indication>
      <indication>Pelvic inflammatory disease</indication>
      <indication>Vaginal discharge</indication>
      <indication>Perimenstrual edema</indication>
      <indication>Infertility</indication>
      <indication>Postpartum pain</indication>
      <indication>Impotence</indication>
      <indication>Prostatitis</indication>
      <indication>Benign prostatic hypertrophy</indication>
      <indication>Nephritis</indication>
      <indication>Beriberi</indication>
      <indication>Anemia</indication>
      <indication>Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura</indication>
      <indication>Sweating of the hands and feet with fever</indication>
      <indication>Benzene poisoning</indication>
      <indication>Stomach cancer</indication>
      <indication>Cancer pain</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>shao yao</herb>
    <herb>gui zhi</herb>
    <herb>xi xin</herb>
    <herb>zhi gan cao</herb>
    <herb>da zao</herb>
    <herb>mu tong</herb>
  </constituents>
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