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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">ju he wan</name>
    <name type="english">Tangerine Seed Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Promote Movement of Qi</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes the movement of Qi and alleviates pain</summary>
      <indication>Hernial disorder (shan qi) from Cold-Damp entering the Liver channel</indication>
      <indication>Qi stagnating in the Small Intestine</indication>
      <indication>Swollen testicle, usually on one side, with colicky pain reaching up to the navel</indication>
      <indication>Distention and pain of the lower abdomen, sometimes spreading to the lower spine; tenesmus</indication>
      <indication>Scrotum that feels heavy and distended; worse with cold and better with warmth</indication>
      <indication>Coat white, or greasy and white; pulse deep and taut, or deep and wiry</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Softens hardness and dissipates nodules</summary>
      <indication>Scrotum swollen and stone-hard</indication>
      <indication>Masses in the scrotum, or in the breast</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms and opens the passage of Yang Qi</summary>
      <indication>Yellow fluid seeping from the scrotum</indication>
      <indication>Abscess or ulceration</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Hernia</indication>
      <indication>Hydrocele</indication>
      <indication>Orchitis</indication>
      <indication>Testitis</indication>
      <indication>Varicocele</indication>
      <indication>Breast fibroadenoma</indication>
      <indication>Breast lumps</indication>
      <indication>Prostatic hypertrophy</indication>
      <indication>Testicular tuberculosis</indication>
      <indication>Epididymitis</indication>
      <indication>Blocked fallopian tubes</indication>
      <indication>Tunica vaginalis disorders</indication>
      <indication>Thyroid adenoma</indication>
      <indication>Infertility</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>ju he</herb>
    <herb>jin ling zi</herb>
    <herb>mu xiang</herb>
    <herb>tao ren</herb>
    <herb>yan hu suo</herb>
    <herb>rou gui</herb>
    <herb>mu tong</herb>
    <herb>hou po</herb>
    <herb>zhi shi</herb>
    <herb>hai zao</herb>
    <herb>kun bu</herb>
    <herb>hai dai</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
