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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">gan lu yin</name>
    <name type="english">Sweet Dew Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Enrich Yin and Moisten Dryness</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Yin and generates fluids</summary>
      <indication>Deficiency of the Lungs and Kidneys with Lung dryness from Fire</indication>
      <indication>Dry mouth, constipation and painful urination</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red and dry with a yellow-green coat; pulse thready and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and detoxifies the Blood</summary>
      <indication>Damp-Heat of the Spleen and Stomach, or Damp-Heat with Blood stasis in the Yang Ming</indication>
      <indication>Swollen, inflamed gums, with or without pus, that bleed</indication>
      <indication>Toothache, mouth ulcers and bad breath</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Disseminates Lung Qi and resolves Dampness</summary>
      <indication>Damp-Heat in the throat, with soreness</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Gingivitis</indication>
      <indication>Periodontitis</indication>
      <indication>Pyorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Chronic periapical abscess</indication>
      <indication>Dental caries</indication>
      <indication>Toothache</indication>
      <indication>Scurvy</indication>
      <indication>Stomatitis</indication>
      <indication>Ulcerative stomatitis</indication>
      <indication>Aphthae</indication>
      <indication>Thrush</indication>
      <indication>Bad breath</indication>
      <indication>Sore throat</indication>
      <indication>Angina</indication>
      <indication>Blepharitis</indication>
      <indication>Conjunctivitis</indication>
      <indication>Superficial punctate keratitis</indication>
      <indication>Eye pain</indication>
      <indication>Cataracts</indication>
      <indication>Diabetes</indication>
      <indication>Jaundice</indication>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
      <indication>Breast cancer radiotherapy</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>sheng di huang</herb>
    <herb>shu di huang</herb>
    <herb>shi hu</herb>
    <herb>tian men dong</herb>
    <herb>mai men dong</herb>
    <herb>huang qin</herb>
    <herb>yin chen hao</herb>
    <herb>zhi ke</herb>
    <herb>pi pa ye</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
