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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">er long zuo ci wan</name>
    <name type="english">Pill for Deafness that is Kidn to the Left (kidney)</name>
  </names>
  <category>Nourish and Tonify Yin</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Kidney and Liver Yin</summary>
      <indication>Poor hearing from depleted Yin of the Liver and Kidneys, with Yang rising</indication>
      <indication>Deafness, and hearing loss that comes with old age</indication>
      <indication>Dry mouth and throat</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red with scant or absent coat; pulse thin and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Benefits the ears</summary>
      <indication>Tinnitus, including a constant cicada-like ringing that is worse at night</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears deficiency Heat, calms the Liver and subdues Liver Yang</summary>
      <indication>Dizziness and vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Irritability and poor sleep</indication>
      <indication>Red eyes and blurred vision</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Deafness</indication>
      <indication>Diabetes</indication>
      <indication>Hypertension</indication>
      <indication>Meniere&apos;s disease</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness</indication>
      <indication>Vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Chronic labyrinthitis</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>ci shi</herb>
    <herb>shi chang pu</herb>
    <herb>wu wei zi</herb>
  </constituents>
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