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Warms the Middle Jiao and dispels Cold

Yang deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach with interior Cold: watery diarrhoea, often with undigested food, poor appetite and cold abdominal pain that likes warmth and pressure Nausea and vomiting, worse for cold food or drink; no thirst, or a wish for small sips of warm drinks Fullness of the abdomen or epigastrium that likes pressure, and epigastric pain Cold in the Stomach or Small Intestine; Tai Yin deficiency with abdominal pain Cold in the chest while recovering from long illness, with spitting of fluids or drooling of frothy saliva Painful obstruction of the chest from Upper Jiao Yang deficiency: chest fullness and pain, rib pain radiating toward the Heart, a hard focal distension below the Heart Sudden turmoil disorder without thirst Tongue pale, possibly moist, with a white coat or none; pulse deep, slow and weak, deep and thin, or large and weak

Strengthens the Spleen and Stomach and tonifies Qi

Weak digestion with tiredness, lassitude, shortness of breath, a pale face and wasting Aversion to cold and possibly cold limbs; body aches, sometimes headache with fever Frequent urination, or scanty urine with oedema; insomnia Loss of Blood from Spleen Yang deficiency, the blood pale: nosebleed, vomiting or coughing of blood, blood in the stool or rectal bleeding, uterine bleeding or heavy periods, chronic bleeding Chronic convulsions in children

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Acute or chronic gastritis Acute or chronic gastroenteritis Gastric weakness Gastric or duodenal ulcers Gastroptosis Gastrectasis Dyspepsia Acid reflux Hiccups Nausea and vomiting AIDS/HIV-related vomiting Morning sickness Irritable bowel syndrome Enteritis Colitis Chronic colitis Ulcerative colitis Crohn's disease Celiac disease Diarrhea Bacterial dysentery Chronic bacillary dysentery Cholera Sudden turmoil disorder Tapeworm Candidiasis Thrush Stomatitis Oral herpes Excessive salivation Abdominal pain Abdominal fullness and distention Anorexia Intestinal bleeding Hemorrhoidal bleeding Hematemesis Hemoptysis Epistaxis Functional uterine bleeding Menorrhagia Post-menopausal uterine bleeding Endometriosis Vaginal discharge Mild labor pains Male infertility Anemia Fatigue Weakness Chronic bronchitis Asthma Dyspnea Sneezing with a common cold Obstruction of the chest Angina pectoris Stroke Headache Insomnia Neurasthenia Alzheimer's disease Myasthenia gravis Vomiting with fright in children Chronic childhood convulsions Neonatal jaundice Nephropathy Chronic glomerulonephritis Polycystic kidneys Renal tuberculosis Diabetic nephropathy Diabetes Oliguria Polyuria Edema Obesity Hypothyroidism Hepatitis C Cirrhosis of the liver Stomach cancer Breast cancer AIDS/HIV Intoxication Low back pain Knee pain Shoulder ache Chilled feet gan jiang ren shen bai zhu zhi gan cao