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Drains Fire and resolves toxicity in all three Jiao

Fire toxin obstructing all three Jiao and spreading through both Exterior and Interior High fever with irritability, fidgeting and a sense of oppressive heat inside Delirium, incoherent speech, a clouded mind or insomnia as Fire harasses the Heart Thirst, with dryness of the mouth, throat and lips Red face, red eyes, palpitations and tinnitus Toxic sores: carbuncles, furuncles and deep-rooted boils Maculae, rashes and itchy skin Lung Heat Gu syndrome Tongue red and dry with a yellow coat; pulse rapid and forceful

Clears Heat and drains Damp-Heat from the Gallbladder

Jaundice Dysentery with fever, or diarrhoea Dark urine

Stops bleeding

Heat driving the Blood out of its vessels: vomiting or coughing of blood, nosebleed, blood in the urine or stool, purpura

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Septicaemia Pyaemia Toxic bacillary dysentery Pneumonia Urinary tract infection Encephalitis Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis Influenza Purulent skin lesions Pyogenic skin infection Furuncles, carbuncles, deep-rooted boils and boils Cellulitis Erysipelas Impetigo herpetiformis Emotional instability Fevers Post-febrile disease Haemoptysis Haematemesis Epistaxis Haematuria Blood diseases Purpura Allergic purpura Palpitations Insomnia Neurasthenia Neurosis Hysteria Depression Anxiety Anxiety neurosis Panic disorder Bipolar disorder Schizophrenia Menopausal syndrome Urticaria Jaundice Acute icteric jaundice Acute infectious hepatitis Acute cholecystitis Acute pancreatitis Chronic pancreatitis Periodontitis Gingivitis Stomatitis Toothache Bad breath Glossitis Thrush Candidiasis Hypertension Cerebrovascular accident Cerebral bleeding Sequelae of stroke Post-ischaemic brain injury Otitis media Ear pain Tinnitus Nephritis Acute glomerulonephritis Acute pyelonephritis Prevention of infection after surgery Herpes zoster Herpes simplex Cataracts After cataract surgery Chalazion Hordeolum Blepharitis Eyelid oedema Chronic dacryocystitis Red eyes Chronic fatigue syndrome Fatigue Acute eczema Eczema of the anus Dermatitis Drug-induced dermatitis Acne Pruritus Gu syndrome Behcet's disease Gonorrhoea Acute pelvic inflammatory disease Vaginitis Prostatitis Vestibulitis Acute gastroenteritis Acute enteritis Nervous gastritis Peptic ulcer Indigestion Diarrhoea Constipation Irritable bowel syndrome Giardiasis Leaky gut syndrome AIDS/HIV Liver cancer huang lian huang qin huang bai zhi zi