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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">ming mu di huang wan</name>
    <name type="english">Improve Vision Pill with Rehmannia</name>
  </names>
  <category>Nourish and Tonify Yin</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes the Liver and enriches the Kidneys</summary>
      <indication>Yin deficiency of the Liver and Kidneys</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red with a scant or absent coat; pulse thready and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Improves vision</summary>
      <indication>Sight that is blurred and weakened</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Blurred vision</indication>
      <indication>Diminished vision</indication>
      <indication>Eye pain</indication>
      <indication>Blepharitis</indication>
      <indication>Conjunctivitis</indication>
      <indication>Retinitis pigmentosa</indication>
      <indication>Optic atrophy</indication>
      <indication>Macular degeneration</indication>
      <indication>Weakness</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>shu di huang</herb>
    <herb>sheng di huang</herb>
    <herb>shan yao</herb>
    <herb>ze xie</herb>
    <herb>shan zhu yu</herb>
    <herb>mu dan pi</herb>
    <herb>chai hu</herb>
    <herb>fu shen</herb>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>wu wei zi</herb>
  </constituents>
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