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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">fu tu dan</name>
    <name type="english">Poria and Cuscuta Special Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Stabilize the Kidneys</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies the Kidneys, stabilizes Jing and stops leakage</summary>
      <indication>Qi deficiency of the Spleen and Kidneys</indication>
      <indication>Turbid, milky seminal emission and premature ejaculation</indication>
      <indication>Bedwetting, copious urination and low back pain</indication>
      <indication>Dry outer ears</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale with a white coat; pulse deep and frail</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens the Spleen and drains Dampness</summary>
      <indication>Tiredness and listlessness with a pale, shiny complexion</indication>
      <indication>Poor appetite, or at times increased eating</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhea and vaginal discharge</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Benefits the Heart and calms the Shen</summary>
      <indication>Deficiency Heat rising to disturb the Heart, with restlessness and thirst</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Spermatorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Premature ejaculation</indication>
      <indication>Diabetes mellitus</indication>
      <indication>Diabetes insipidus</indication>
      <indication>Intestinal tuberculosis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic hypoadrenocorticism</indication>
      <indication>Prostatitis with chyluria</indication>
      <indication>Lumbago</indication>
      <indication>Fatigue</indication>
      <indication>Enuresis</indication>
      <indication>Irritable bowel syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Sexual dysfunction</indication>
      <indication>Vaginal discharge</indication>
      <indication>Chronic pancreatitis</indication>
      <indication>Primary aldosteronism (long-lasting diarrhea or polyuria)</indication>
      <indication>Filariasis with chyluria</indication>
      <indication>Anorexia</indication>
      <indication>Weakness</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>tu si zi</herb>
    <herb>wu wei zi</herb>
    <herb>shan yao</herb>
    <herb>lian zi</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
  </constituents>
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