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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">du qi wan</name>
    <name type="chinese">都氣丸</name>
    <name type="english">Capital Qi Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Nourish and Tonify Yin</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Kidney Yin</summary>
      <indication>Yin deficiency of the Lungs and Kidneys</indication>
      <indication>Low back and knee pain, weakness, dizziness and tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Hectic fever, night sweats, and dryness of the mouth and throat</indication>
      <indication>Seminal emission</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red with little or no coat; pulse thin and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Astringes Lung Qi and relieves wheezing cough</summary>
      <indication>Wheezing cough with shortness of breath and phlegm</indication>
      <indication>Cough with scanty sputum or sputum streaked with blood</indication>
      <indication>Hoarse voice and sore throat</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Bronchial asthma</indication>
      <indication>Bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>Pulmonary emphysema</indication>
      <indication>COPD</indication>
      <indication>Pulmonary tuberculosis</indication>
      <indication>Dyspnea</indication>
      <indication>Hoarseness</indication>
      <indication>Night sweats</indication>
      <indication>Nocturnal emissions</indication>
      <indication>Low back pain</indication>
      <indication>Knee pain</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness</indication>
      <indication>Tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Weakness</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>shu di huang</herb>
    <herb>shan zhu yu</herb>
    <herb>shan yao</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>mu dan pi</herb>
    <herb>ze xie</herb>
    <herb>wu wei zi</herb>
  </constituents>
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