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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">jia jian wei rui tang</name>
    <name type="english">Modified Polygonatum Odoratum Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Formulas that Release Exterior Disorders with Interior Deficiency</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Releases the Exterior and disperses Wind-Heat by inducing sweating</summary>
      <indication>Pattern: Wind-Heat invading a person with Yin deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Seen in the elderly, after childbirth, in convalescence from long illness, or in any Yin-depleted constitution that picks up a cold or flu of the Wind-Heat type</indication>
      <indication>Fever with only slight chills and a slight dislike of wind and cold; little or no sweating</indication>
      <indication>Headache, the head feeling stuffy or heavy</indication>
      <indication>Cough that is dry or unproductive, or brings up a little thick sputum with difficulty</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Yin and moistens dryness</summary>
      <indication>Thirst with a dry throat and mouth; the throat may be a little sore</indication>
      <indication>Background signs of deficient Yin, such as a slight build, dryness of the skin, or long-term depletion</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red or dark red, with little, dry or no coat; pulse rapid, either floating or thready</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat</summary>
      <indication>Restless and irritable, sometimes mildly agitated</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Common cold after childbirth</indication>
      <indication>Common cold in the elderly</indication>
      <indication>Influenza</indication>
      <indication>Acute bronchitis presenting with fever and cough</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Acute tonsillitis</indication>
      <indication>Acute pharyngitis</indication>
      <indication>Cough</indication>
      <indication>Upper respiratory tract infection</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>yu zhu</herb>
    <herb>cong bai</herb>
    <herb>jie geng</herb>
    <herb>dan dou chi</herb>
    <herb>bo he</herb>
    <herb>bai wei</herb>
    <herb>zhi gan cao</herb>
    <herb>da zao</herb>
  </constituents>
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