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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">gan cao gan jiang fu ling bai zhu tang</name>
    <name type="english">Licorice, Ginger, Poria, and Atractylodes Macrocephala Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Warm and Transform Cold-Phlegm</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms Yang and dispels Cold</summary>
      <indication>Cold-Damp in the Lower Jiao</indication>
      <indication>Cold and pain of the lower back and body, with sciatica</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale with a white coat; pulse deep, thready and moderate</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens the Spleen and eliminates Dampness</summary>
      <indication>A marked heavy feeling in the lower back</indication>
      <indication>Plentiful urination without thirst</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Low back pain</indication>
      <indication>Lumbago</indication>
      <indication>Acute lumbar strain</indication>
      <indication>Lumbar disc disease</indication>
      <indication>Sciatica</indication>
      <indication>Arthritis</indication>
      <indication>Enuresis</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Gastritis</indication>
      <indication>Superficial gastritis</indication>
      <indication>Atrophic gastritis</indication>
      <indication>Acute gastroenteritis</indication>
      <indication>Duodenal ulcer</indication>
      <indication>Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease</indication>
      <indication>Impotence</indication>
      <indication>Renal calculi</indication>
      <indication>Benign prostatic hypertrophy</indication>
      <indication>Allergic rhinitis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>Eczema</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
    <herb>gan jiang</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>bai zhu</herb>
  </constituents>
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