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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">ji jiao li huang wan</name>
    <name type="english">Stephania, Zanthoxylum, Descurainia and Rhubarb Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Drive out Excess Water</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Dries Dampness and drives out thin mucus</summary>
      <indication>Pattern: stagnant Qi with fluid pooling in the Stomach and Intestines</indication>
      <indication>Dry mouth and tongue</indication>
      <indication>Constipation or diarrhea, with reduced urination</indication>
      <indication>Tongue normal with a greasy yellow coat; pulse wiry and slippery, or deep, full and slightly rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Moves Qi and reduces distension</summary>
      <indication>Distended abdomen with gurgling in the intestines</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Pleural effusion</indication>
      <indication>Acute bronchial asthma</indication>
      <indication>Edema from cardiopulmonary disease</indication>
      <indication>Ascites</indication>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Pyloric obstruction</indication>
      <indication>Rheumatic heart disease</indication>
      <indication>Functional gastrointestinal disorders</indication>
      <indication>Cirrhosis of the liver</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>han fang ji</herb>
    <herb>chuan jiao zi</herb>
    <herb>ting li zi</herb>
    <herb>da huang</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
