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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">jin gui shen qi wan</name>
    <name type="english">Kidney Qi Pill from the Golden Cabinet</name>
  </names>
  <category>Warm and Tonify the Yang</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms and tonifies Kidney Yang</summary>
      <indication>Deficient Kidney Yang with Cold signs</indication>
      <indication>Cold feeling in the lower half of the body with aversion to cold</indication>
      <indication>Sore, weak lower back and knees, and weak legs</indication>
      <indication>Impotence or premature ejaculation</indication>
      <indication>Severe fatigue, lassitude and a pale face</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness and vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Yang floating upward: flushed face or heavy sweating</indication>
      <indication>Leg Qi (Jiao Qi): lower legs sore, weak, numb or swollen, making walking hard</indication>
      <indication>Atrophy (Wei) from Liver and Kidney deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale, possibly swollen or tooth-marked, with a thin, moist white coat; pulse deep, deep and thready, or weak and slow, weakest at the Kidney position</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Kidney Yin and Essence</summary>
      <indication>Wasting and thirsting (Xiao Ke): thirst with frequent, copious urination</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes urination and restores the Bladder&apos;s Qi transformation</summary>
      <indication>Frequent, profuse, clear urine, worse at night, sometimes with incontinence</indication>
      <indication>Difficult or scanty urination with edema of the face, feet or lower body; severe leg edema can stop the person walking</indication>
      <indication>Thin fluids (Tan Yin) and stagnant body fluids (Jin Ye)</indication>
      <indication>Tight, cramping or numb lower abdomen</indication>
      <indication>Breathless and restless, cannot lie flat and breathes best propped up; possible cough or asthma</indication>
      <indication>Watery stools with undigested food, or ongoing diarrhea; sometimes constipation</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Chronic glomerulonephritis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic interstitial nephritis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic diffuse nephritis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic urethritis</indication>
      <indication>Diabetes mellitus</indication>
      <indication>Diabetes insipidus</indication>
      <indication>Primary hyperaldosteronism</indication>
      <indication>Hypothyroidism</indication>
      <indication>Neurasthenia</indication>
      <indication>Arthritis</indication>
      <indication>Beriberi</indication>
      <indication>Chronic bronchial asthma</indication>
      <indication>Chronic bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>COPD</indication>
      <indication>Urinary retention</indication>
      <indication>Climacteric syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Epstein-Barr virus</indication>
      <indication>Chronic functional immune deficiency syndrome (CFIDS)</indication>
      <indication>Spermatorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Pyelitis</indication>
      <indication>Pyelonephritis</indication>
      <indication>Albuminuria</indication>
      <indication>Prostate cancer</indication>
      <indication>Addison&apos;s disease</indication>
      <indication>Cystitis</indication>
      <indication>Neuralgia</indication>
      <indication>Postpartum dysuria</indication>
      <indication>Nephroatrophy</indication>
      <indication>Urinary incontinence</indication>
      <indication>Cataract</indication>
      <indication>Keratosis</indication>
      <indication>Keratitis</indication>
      <indication>Numb legs</indication>
      <indication>Infertility</indication>
      <indication>Benign prostatic hypertrophy</indication>
      <indication>Postpartum urinary retention</indication>
      <indication>Vitreous opacity</indication>
      <indication>Meniere&apos;s disease</indication>
      <indication>Neurogenic tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Periodontal disease</indication>
      <indication>Dysmenorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Gynecomastia</indication>
      <indication>Bladder stones</indication>
      <indication>Anuria</indication>
      <indication>Nocturia</indication>
      <indication>Coronary artery disease</indication>
      <indication>Lumbago</indication>
      <indication>Irregular menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Metrorrhagia</indication>
      <indication>Panarthralgia</indication>
      <indication>Nephrotic syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Hyperglycemia</indication>
      <indication>Alopecia</indication>
      <indication>Proteinuria</indication>
      <indication>Arteriosclerosis</indication>
      <indication>Dysentery</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness</indication>
      <indication>Myasthenia gravis</indication>
      <indication>Multiple sclerosis</indication>
      <indication>Polyneuritis</indication>
      <indication>Guillain-Barre syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Acute myelitis</indication>
      <indication>Progressive muscular dystrophy</indication>
      <indication>After-effects of poliomyelitis</indication>
      <indication>Polyuria</indication>
      <indication>Hematuria</indication>
      <indication>Hay fever</indication>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
      <indication>Dermatitis</indication>
      <indication>Somnolence</indication>
      <indication>Tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Low back pain</indication>
      <indication>Anorexia</indication>
      <indication>Fatigue</indication>
      <indication>Swollen face and ankles</indication>
      <indication>Nausea and vomiting</indication>
      <indication>Epistaxis</indication>
      <indication>Oral leukoplakia</indication>
      <indication>Dyspnea</indication>
      <indication>Gingivitis</indication>
      <indication>Dysuria in pregnancy</indication>
      <indication>Rheumatoid arthritis</indication>
      <indication>Sjogren&apos;s syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Prematurely gray hair</indication>
      <indication>Vaginal discharge</indication>
      <indication>Macular degeneration</indication>
      <indication>Emphysema</indication>
      <indication>Asthma</indication>
      <indication>Bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic rhinitis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic tonsillitis</indication>
      <indication>Urinary incontinence after surgery</indication>
      <indication>Urinary retention after spinal cord injury</indication>
      <indication>Renal tuberculosis</indication>
      <indication>Perimenopausal syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Leg Qi</indication>
      <indication>Menopausal syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Nephrosclerosis</indication>
      <indication>Nephrotuberculosis</indication>
      <indication>Cystolithiasis</indication>
      <indication>Cystic tuberculosis</indication>
      <indication>Senile cystoatrophy</indication>
      <indication>Prostamegaly</indication>
      <indication>Cerebral hemorrhage</indication>
      <indication>Hypotension</indication>
      <indication>Forgetfulness</indication>
      <indication>Hypertension</indication>
      <indication>Nephrolithiasis</indication>
      <indication>Urolithiasis</indication>
      <indication>Impotence</indication>
      <indication>Amenorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Inappropriate erection</indication>
      <indication>Premature ejaculation</indication>
      <indication>Sciatica</indication>
      <indication>Deformed vertebrae</indication>
      <indication>Glaucoma</indication>
      <indication>Eczema</indication>
      <indication>Tinea</indication>
      <indication>Senile itching</indication>
      <indication>Urticaria</indication>
      <indication>Thirst</indication>
      <indication>Rectoptosis</indication>
      <indication>Feverish head and limbs</indication>
      <indication>Chronic gonorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Poor vision</indication>
      <indication>Senile dementia</indication>
      <indication>Vegetative nerve disturbance</indication>
      <indication>Detrusor muscle paralysis</indication>
      <indication>Recurrent aphthous ulcers</indication>
      <indication>Endocrine disorders</indication>
      <indication>Arteriostenosis</indication>
      <indication>Prostatitis</indication>
      <indication>Scanty menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Obesity</indication>
      <indication>Premenstrual syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Hashimoto&apos;s thyroiditis</indication>
      <indication>Stroke</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Hyperaldosteronism</indication>
      <indication>Optic atrophy</indication>
      <indication>Vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Atrophy (Wei) syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Spontaneous sweating</indication>
      <indication>Hysterical paralysis</indication>
      <indication>Periodic paralysis</indication>
      <indication>Facial paralysis</indication>
      <indication>Acute infectious polyneuritis</indication>
      <indication>Stomach cancer</indication>
      <indication>Oliguria with edema</indication>
      <indication>Chronic renal failure</indication>
      <indication>AIDS/HIV</indication>
      <indication>Cor pulmonale</indication>
      <indication>Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)</indication>
      <indication>Narcolepsy</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Knee pain</indication>
      <indication>Chronic pancreatitis</indication>
      <indication>Weakness</indication>
      <indication>Yawning</indication>
      <indication>Chronic enteritis</indication>
      <indication>Enuresis</indication>
      <indication>Palpitations</indication>
      <indication>Rectal prolapse</indication>
      <indication>Periodontitis</indication>
      <indication>Edema in pregnancy</indication>
      <indication>Upper back pain</indication>
      <indication>Stiff, painful neck</indication>
      <indication>Systemic lupus erythematosus</indication>
      <indication>Vaginitis</indication>
      <indication>Sore throat</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>sheng di huang</herb>
    <herb>shan zhu yu</herb>
    <herb>shan yao</herb>
    <herb>zhi fu zi</herb>
    <herb>gui zhi</herb>
    <herb>ze xie</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>mu dan pi</herb>
  </constituents>
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