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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">gui zhi er yue bi yi tang</name>
    <name type="english">Two-parts Cinnamon Twig Decoction with One-part Maidservant from Yue Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Release Exterior Cold</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Induces sweating</summary>
      <indication>Tai Yang stage disorder with mild interior Heat</indication>
      <indication>Chills and fever in alternation; the chills are strong but the fever lasts longer</indication>
      <indication>Pulse floating, large and forceful; tongue pink with a white coat</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears interior Heat</summary>
      <indication>Thirst with slight irritability</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Common cold</indication>
      <indication>Influenza</indication>
      <indication>Upper respiratory tract infection</indication>
      <indication>Bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>Pneumonia</indication>
      <indication>Malaria-like symptoms</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>gui zhi</herb>
    <herb>Bai Shao</herb>
    <herb>ma huang</herb>
    <herb>zhi gan cao</herb>
    <herb>sheng jiang</herb>
    <herb>shi gao</herb>
    <herb>da zao</herb>
  </constituents>
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