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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">liu he tang</name>
    <name type="english">Hamoinze the Six Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Transform Damp Turbid</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens the Spleen and transforms Damp</summary>
      <indication>Summertime disorders from careless eating: Damp injures the Spleen and Stomach and disturbs the harmony of the Yang organs</indication>
      <indication>No wish to eat or drink, weak limbs, tiredness, and fullness and distension around the diaphragm</indication>
      <indication>Tongue normal with a slippery white coat</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Raises the clear, descends the turbid and harmonises the six Yang organs</summary>
      <indication>Sudden turmoil disorder with vomiting and diarrhoea, a distended chest, and thirst</indication>
      <indication>Dark, scanty urine</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Disperses Summerheat</summary>
      <indication>Chills and fever without sweating, and headache</indication>
      <indication>Cough and wheezing with phlegm</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Sudden turmoil disorder</indication>
      <indication>Cholera</indication>
      <indication>Summer colds</indication>
      <indication>Bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Hangover</indication>
      <indication>Heat stroke</indication>
      <indication>Gastroenteritis</indication>
      <indication>Nausea and vomiting</indication>
      <indication>Fatigue</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>ren shen</herb>
    <herb>sha ren</herb>
    <herb>ban xia</herb>
    <herb>xing ren</herb>
    <herb>bai zhu</herb>
    <herb>huo xiang</herb>
    <herb>bai bian dou</herb>
    <herb>chi fu ling</herb>
    <herb>mu gua</herb>
    <herb>hou po</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
