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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">lian mei an hui tang</name>
    <name type="english">Picrorhiza and Mume Decoction to Calm Roundworms</name>
  </names>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat</summary>
      <indication>Roundworms with Heat in the Liver and Stomach, in fairly mild cases</indication>
      <indication>Red face, fever, irritability and a dry mouth; possibly cold extremities (reversal)</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red with a yellow coat; pulse rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Calms roundworms</summary>
      <indication>Worms vomited after meals, with abdominal pain and no appetite</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Roundworms</indication>
      <indication>Ascariasis</indication>
      <indication>Anorexia</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>hu huang lian</herb>
    <herb>chuan jiao</herb>
    <herb>lei wan</herb>
    <herb>wu mei</herb>
    <herb>huang bai</herb>
    <herb>bing lang</herb>
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