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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
  <attribution-html>&lt;a href=&quot;https://bencaoindex.com/formulas/jiao-tai-wan/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">jiao tai wan</name>
    <name type="english">Grand Communication Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Formulas that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Restores communication between the Heart and Kidneys</summary>
      <indication>Heart and Kidneys not communicating, with deficiency of both</indication>
      <indication>Irritability and restlessness with marked, persistent palpitations</indication>
      <indication>Very hard to fall asleep; night sweats</indication>
      <indication>Nocturnal emissions, often with sexual dreams</indication>
      <indication>Cool lower legs</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red with little or no coat; pulse thin and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Insomnia</indication>
      <indication>Palpitations</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness</indication>
      <indication>Anemia</indication>
      <indication>Tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Low back pain</indication>
      <indication>Congestive heart failure</indication>
      <indication>Nocturnal emissions</indication>
      <indication>Spermatorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Amenorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Senility</indication>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
      <indication>Neurosis</indication>
      <indication>Forgetfulness</indication>
      <indication>Night sweats</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>huang lian</herb>
    <herb>rou gui</herb>
  </constituents>
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