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Warms and transforms Phlegm and congested fluids

Phlegm-fluids (Tan Yin) from Spleen Yang deficiency, pooling in the chest and epigastrium Heart Yang lacking vigour, with Water Qi assailing the Heart and deficient Lung and Spleen Qi Cold injury after purgatives or emetics were wrongly used Fullness of the chest and flanks; a feeling of fluid moving, sometimes a splashing sound below the epigastrium Palpitations, shortness of breath and laboured breathing; cough with clear, thin, watery sputum Dizziness or vertigo, worse on standing or moving the head; headache or migraine, ringing in the ears, anxiety Tongue pale and swollen with a white coat that is slippery or greasy; pulse slippery and wiry, soggy, soft, or deep and tight

Strengthens the Spleen and resolves Damp

Nausea or vomiting, a weak abdomen, difficult or scanty urination, mild oedema and cold feet

Modern uses

Meniere's disease Peripheral vertigo Vertigo Dizziness Motion sickness Basilar insufficiency Hypertension Hypotension Headache Migraine Tinnitus Chronic bronchitis Bronchial asthma Cardiac asthma Pulmonary emphysema COPD Pleurisy Pertussis Cough Hyperpnea Dyspnea Rhinitis Pediatric rhinitis Hay fever Sinusitis Coronary heart disease Chronic heart failure, alongside standard care Congestive heart failure Cor pulmonale Myocarditis Valvular disease Mitral valve prolapse Pericardial effusion Cardiac arrhythmia Premature heartbeats Palpitations Keshan disease Chronic gastritis Chronic gastroenteritis Functional stomach disorders Functional dyspepsia with a splashing sound Slow gastric emptying Gastroptosis Peptic ulcer Acid reflux Indigestion Nausea and vomiting AIDS/HIV-related vomiting Morning sickness Abdominal fullness and distention Anorexia Ulcerative colitis Cholecystitis Cirrhosis of the liver Ascites Nephritis Chronic nephritis Pyelonephritis Nephrotic syndrome Chronic renal failure Renal atrophy Renal calculus Hydronephrosis Dysuria Edema Cardiac edema Nephritic edema Anasarca Flushing up from water poisoning Hydrocele Pediatric inguinal hernia Polyhydramnios Excessive amniotic fluid Rheumatoid arthritis Muscle Bi Skin Bi Multiple sclerosis Motor dysfunction Neurosis Neurasthenia Hysteria Anxiety Autonomic nervous system instability Vegetative nerve disturbance Basedow's disease Obesity Anemia Fatigue Weakness Chronic fatigue syndrome Myalgic encephalomyelitis Epstein-Barr virus syndrome Central serous retinopathy Viral conjunctivitis Chronic optic nerve disorders Optic nerve atrophy Cataracts Nebulae fu ling gui zhi bai zhu zhi gan cao