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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">fen xiao tang</name>
    <name type="english">Separate and Reduce Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Transform Damp Turbid</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes urination</summary>
      <indication>Edema from Spleen deficiency with Qi stagnation</indication>
      <indication>Pitting edema and ascites with scanty urine</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Moves Qi and guides out stagnation</summary>
      <indication>Abdomen full and distended like a drum, with a firm, localized distention of the epigastrium</indication>
      <indication>Chest that feels full, oppressed and distended</indication>
      <indication>Acid regurgitation and constipation</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens the Spleen</summary>
      <indication>Poor appetite and reduced eating</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Abdominal fullness and distention</indication>
      <indication>Pitting edema</indication>
      <indication>Ascites</indication>
      <indication>Liver cirrhosis with ascites</indication>
      <indication>Scanty urination</indication>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
      <indication>Acid regurgitation</indication>
      <indication>Belching</indication>
      <indication>Anorexia</indication>
      <indication>Nephritis</indication>
      <indication>Peritonitis</indication>
      <indication>Lymphedema</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>cang zhu</herb>
    <herb>bai zhu</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>chen pi</herb>
    <herb>hou po</herb>
    <herb>xiang fu</herb>
    <herb>zhu ling</herb>
    <herb>ze xie</herb>
    <herb>zhi shi</herb>
    <herb>da fu pi</herb>
    <herb>sha ren</herb>
    <herb>mu xiang</herb>
    <herb>deng xin cao</herb>
    <herb>sheng jiang</herb>
  </constituents>
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