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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">dao tan tang</name>
    <name type="english">Guide out phlegm Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Transform Phlegm and Extinguish Wind</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Dries Dampness and clears Phlegm</summary>
      <indication>Phlegm misting the Heart orifice; collapse from Phlegm; fainting from Wind-Phlegm</indication>
      <indication>Fainting, dizziness, vertigo and headache</indication>
      <indication>Congested fluids that collect and do not disperse</indication>
      <indication>Cough and wheeze with a lot of sputum; difficult breathing</indication>
      <indication>Thick, gluey nasal mucus and saliva</indication>
      <indication>Palpitations, and restlessness whether sitting or lying</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pink with a greasy white coat; pulse slippery</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Moves Qi and relieves stagnation</summary>
      <indication>Phlegm lodged in the diaphragm and chest</indication>
      <indication>Chest and diaphragm distended and stifled; flanks and hypochondria distended and full</indication>
      <indication>Nausea, vomiting and poor appetite</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Chronic bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic tracheitis</indication>
      <indication>COPD</indication>
      <indication>Emphysema</indication>
      <indication>Asthma</indication>
      <indication>Pleurisy</indication>
      <indication>Cough</indication>
      <indication>Dyspnea</indication>
      <indication>Sore throat</indication>
      <indication>Goiter</indication>
      <indication>Hyperthyroidism</indication>
      <indication>Obesity</indication>
      <indication>Meniere&apos;s disease</indication>
      <indication>Vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Glaucoma</indication>
      <indication>Trigeminal neuralgia</indication>
      <indication>Cervical spondylosis</indication>
      <indication>Epilepsy</indication>
      <indication>Parkinson&apos;s disease</indication>
      <indication>Hemiplegia</indication>
      <indication>Myasthenia gravis</indication>
      <indication>Coma</indication>
      <indication>Schizophrenia</indication>
      <indication>Depression</indication>
      <indication>Insomnia</indication>
      <indication>Forgetfulness</indication>
      <indication>Palpitations</indication>
      <indication>Nausea and vomiting</indication>
      <indication>Anorexia</indication>
      <indication>Esophageal spasm</indication>
      <indication>Pyloric spasm</indication>
      <indication>Esophageal cancer</indication>
      <indication>Stomach cancer</indication>
      <indication>Amenorrhea</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>ju hong</herb>
    <herb>ban xia</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
    <herb>zhi shi</herb>
    <herb>tian nan xing</herb>
  </constituents>
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