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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">ma xing yi gan tang</name>
    <name type="english">Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Coicis and Licorice Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Release Exterior Cold</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Releases the Exterior</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Damp contracted from outside</indication>
      <indication>Mild aches through the whole body with slight dislike of wind</indication>
      <indication>Fever that gets worse in the afternoon</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Dispels Wind-Dampness</summary>
      <indication>Dry skin</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Resolves Phlegm</summary>
      <indication>Long-standing respiratory complaints</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Rheumatic arthritis</indication>
      <indication>Rheumatism</indication>
      <indication>Arthritis</indication>
      <indication>Arthralgia</indication>
      <indication>Painful obstruction</indication>
      <indication>Neuralgia</indication>
      <indication>Muscle pain</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Paralysis</indication>
      <indication>Hemiplegia</indication>
      <indication>Keratosis palmaris</indication>
      <indication>Keratosis plantaris</indication>
      <indication>Warts</indication>
      <indication>Genital warts</indication>
      <indication>Calluses</indication>
      <indication>Corns</indication>
      <indication>Eczema</indication>
      <indication>Sudamina</indication>
      <indication>Frostbite</indication>
      <indication>Dandruff</indication>
      <indication>Asthma</indication>
      <indication>Edema</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>ma huang</herb>
    <herb>xing ren</herb>
    <herb>yi yi ren</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
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