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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">jing fang bai du san</name>
    <name type="english">Schizonepeta and Ledebouriella Powder to overcome pathogenic influences</name>
  </names>
  <category>Formulas that Release Exterior Disorders with Interior Deficiency</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Releases the Exterior and induces sweating</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Cold-Damp invading the exterior, without an underlying Qi deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Chills and fever with no sweating</indication>
      <indication>Head and neck stiff and painful, with headache and aching all over the body</indication>
      <indication>Blocked nose; eyes red and swollen; thirst may or may not be present</indication>
      <indication>Tongue normal with a thin white coat; pulse floating, or floating and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Dispels Wind and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Generalized body aches and headache from Wind</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Treats sores and external skin disorders</summary>
      <indication>Abscesses or sores at an early stage that are red, swollen and painful</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Common cold</indication>
      <indication>Influenza</indication>
      <indication>Upper respiratory tract infection</indication>
      <indication>Fever</indication>
      <indication>Cough</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Sinusitis</indication>
      <indication>Epistaxis</indication>
      <indication>Sore throat</indication>
      <indication>Acute tonsillitis</indication>
      <indication>Epidemic parotitis</indication>
      <indication>Abscesses or sores, early stage</indication>
      <indication>Carbuncles</indication>
      <indication>Boils</indication>
      <indication>Pustules</indication>
      <indication>Suppuration</indication>
      <indication>Inflammations</indication>
      <indication>Gangrene</indication>
      <indication>Urticaria</indication>
      <indication>Dermatitis</indication>
      <indication>Allergic dermatitis</indication>
      <indication>Eczema</indication>
      <indication>Acne</indication>
      <indication>Scabies</indication>
      <indication>Scleroderma</indication>
      <indication>Allergic purpura</indication>
      <indication>Herpes zoster</indication>
      <indication>Genital herpes</indication>
      <indication>Syphilis</indication>
      <indication>Mastitis</indication>
      <indication>Dysentery</indication>
      <indication>Eye disorders</indication>
      <indication>Conjunctival disorders</indication>
      <indication>Keratitis</indication>
      <indication>Red, swollen eyes</indication>
      <indication>Tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Deafness</indication>
      <indication>Toothache</indication>
      <indication>Lip pain</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pain</indication>
      <indication>Neck pain and stiffness</indication>
      <indication>Low back pain</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>jing jie</herb>
    <herb>fang feng</herb>
    <herb>chai hu</herb>
    <herb>qian hu</herb>
    <herb>chuan xiong</herb>
    <herb>qiang huo</herb>
    <herb>du huo</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>jie geng</herb>
    <herb>zhi ke</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
    <herb>sheng jiang</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
