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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>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">kong xian dan</name>
    <name type="english">Control Mucus Special Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Drive out Excess Water</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Expels Phlegm and thin fluids</summary>
      <indication>Phlegm lodged above and below the diaphragm, or fluids collecting in the chest and diaphragm</indication>
      <indication>Sudden, severe wandering pain of the chest, neck, low back or groin; a tight feeling in the sinews and bones that turns into burning, stabbing pain</indication>
      <indication>Cold, painful limbs and a persistent severe headache</indication>
      <indication>Drowsiness and lethargy, no appetite and a temporary loss of taste</indication>
      <indication>Cough with thick, greasy phlegm, a rattle in the throat at night and much saliva</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal distension and oedema</indication>
      <indication>Tongue normal with a sticky, greasy coat; pulse slippery and wiry</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Obesity</indication>
      <indication>Numbness</indication>
      <indication>Paresthesia</indication>
      <indication>Edema</indication>
      <indication>Hysteria</indication>
      <indication>Schizophrenia</indication>
      <indication>Bipolar disorder</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>gan sui</herb>
    <herb>jing da ji</herb>
    <herb>bai jie zi</herb>
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