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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">qiang lan tang</name>
    <name type="english">Notopterygium and Isatis Root Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Release Exterior Wind Heat</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Releases the Exterior</summary>
      <indication>Early external attack together with Heat-toxin</indication>
      <indication>Chills and fever, headache and general aching of the body and limbs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and resolves toxicity</summary>
      <indication>Throat that is painful, swollen or inflamed</indication>
      <indication>Swollen glands, mumps, tonsillitis and pharyngitis</indication>
      <indication>Pulse rapid, surging and slippery</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Influenza-type illness in its early stage</indication>
      <indication>Mumps (parotitis)</indication>
      <indication>Tonsillitis</indication>
      <indication>Pharyngitis</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>qiang huo</herb>
    <herb>ban lan gen</herb>
  </constituents>
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