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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">he ren yin</name>
    <name type="english">Polygonum Multiflorum Root and Ginseng Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonify the Qi and Blood</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies Qi and nourishes Blood</summary>
      <indication>Chronic malarial disorder (nue) past its acute stage, now kept going by deficient Qi and Blood rather than an active pathogen</indication>
      <indication>Long-running bouts of intermittent fever and chills in a wan, emaciated patient who tires easily, where the least exertion sets off another episode</indication>
      <indication>Fatigue and weakness that exertion makes worse</indication>
      <indication>Pale, wan complexion and wasting from the drawn-out illness</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale; pulse large but deficient, broad yet empty under pressure</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>he shou wu</herb>
    <herb>ren shen</herb>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>chen pi</herb>
    <herb>wei jiang</herb>
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