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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">qi ju di huang wan</name>
    <name type="english">Lycium Fruit, Chrysanthemum and Rehmannia Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Nourish and Tonify Yin</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Enriches Yin and nourishes the essence of the Liver and Kidneys</summary>
      <indication>Yin deficiency of Liver and Kidneys, with the Liver side predominating</indication>
      <indication>Low back pain; weak low back, knees and limbs; numb, weak waist and knees</indication>
      <indication>Heel pain and knee pain</indication>
      <indication>Emissions, spontaneous or at night; low libido</indication>
      <indication>Tinnitus, poor hearing or deafness</indication>
      <indication>Heat in the five centres, steaming bones, tidal fever and night sweats</indication>
      <indication>Persistent dry, sore throat; thirst; dry tongue</indication>
      <indication>Xiao Ke (thirsting and wasting)</indication>
      <indication>Loose teeth and toothache</indication>
      <indication>Dripping urine or loss of urinary control</indication>
      <indication>Possible constipation</indication>
      <indication>Deficient Liver and Kidney Yin with Liver Yang rising</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red with little or no coat; pulse thready and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Brightens the eyes</summary>
      <indication>Eye disorders from deficient Yin of the Liver and Kidneys</indication>
      <indication>Dry, painful eyes with sensitivity to light</indication>
      <indication>Blurred or weakened vision</indication>
      <indication>Watering of the eyes in the wind</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Enriches Blood</summary>
      <indication>Deficiency of Liver Blood and Yin</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness, light-headedness and vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Muscle weakness and dry skin</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Diabetes and hyperglycemia</indication>
      <indication>Glaucoma, including chronic glaucoma</indication>
      <indication>Cataract</indication>
      <indication>Macular degeneration</indication>
      <indication>Retinitis pigmentosa</indication>
      <indication>Central retinitis</indication>
      <indication>Optic neuritis, retrobulbar neuritis and optic nerve atrophy</indication>
      <indication>Vitreous opacity</indication>
      <indication>Conjunctivitis</indication>
      <indication>Blepharitis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic eye disorders and general visual disturbance</indication>
      <indication>Eye pain</indication>
      <indication>Red, swollen, painful eyes</indication>
      <indication>Hyperemia</indication>
      <indication>Photophobia and photosensitivity</indication>
      <indication>Blurred vision</indication>
      <indication>Excessive tearing in the wind</indication>
      <indication>Poor vision associated with HIV/AIDS</indication>
      <indication>HIV/AIDS</indication>
      <indication>Hypertension</indication>
      <indication>Hypotension</indication>
      <indication>Coronary heart disease</indication>
      <indication>Congestive heart failure</indication>
      <indication>Atherosclerosis</indication>
      <indication>Hyperlipoproteinemia</indication>
      <indication>Stroke</indication>
      <indication>Hemiplegia</indication>
      <indication>Palpitations</indication>
      <indication>Chronic nephritis and chronic glomerulonephritis</indication>
      <indication>Kidney failure</indication>
      <indication>Nephroatrophy</indication>
      <indication>Chronic urinary tract infection</indication>
      <indication>Hematuria</indication>
      <indication>Oliguria</indication>
      <indication>Urinary incontinence</indication>
      <indication>Ascites</indication>
      <indication>Addison&apos;s disease</indication>
      <indication>Hyperthyroidism</indication>
      <indication>Pulmonary tuberculosis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic asthma</indication>
      <indication>Bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>COPD</indication>
      <indication>Cough</indication>
      <indication>Chronic hepatitis</indication>
      <indication>Esophageal cancer</indication>
      <indication>Menopause</indication>
      <indication>Premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual tension</indication>
      <indication>Functional uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Irregular menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Amenorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Dysmenorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Impotence</indication>
      <indication>Spermatorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Nocturnal emissions</indication>
      <indication>Neurasthenia</indication>
      <indication>Neurosis</indication>
      <indication>Tourette syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Meniere&apos;s disease</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness and vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Unilateral pain</indication>
      <indication>Insomnia</indication>
      <indication>Forgetfulness</indication>
      <indication>Senility</indication>
      <indication>Tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Deafness</indication>
      <indication>Hoarseness</indication>
      <indication>Sore throat</indication>
      <indication>Dry mouth</indication>
      <indication>Toothache</indication>
      <indication>Sjogren&apos;s syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Allergic disorders</indication>
      <indication>Urticaria</indication>
      <indication>Dry skin</indication>
      <indication>Anemia</indication>
      <indication>Fever</indication>
      <indication>Night sweats</indication>
      <indication>Obesity</indication>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
      <indication>Weakness</indication>
      <indication>Weak foot muscles</indication>
      <indication>Flaccid paralysis</indication>
      <indication>Numbness</indication>
      <indication>Paresthesia</indication>
      <indication>Low back pain</indication>
      <indication>Knee pain</indication>
      <indication>Heel pain</indication>
      <indication>Side effects of steroids</indication>
      <indication>Failure to thrive and retarded growth in children</indication>
      <indication>Bronchiaesthenia (as the source names it)</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>shu di huang</herb>
    <herb>shan zhu yu</herb>
    <herb>shan yao</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>mu dan pi</herb>
    <herb>ze xie</herb>
    <herb>gou qi zi</herb>
    <herb>bai ju hua</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
