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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">qu mo yin zi</name>
    <name type="english">Five Milled Herb Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Direct Rebellious Qi Downward</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Moves Qi and relieves Liver Qi stagnation in the chest and Lungs</summary>
      <indication>Chest pain from stagnant Liver Qi</indication>
      <indication>Distension and pain of the epigastrium and abdomen</indication>
      <indication>Pain that wanders</indication>
      <indication>Palpitations and insomnia</indication>
      <indication>Tongue normal with a thin white coat; pulse wiry</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Descends rebellious Qi</summary>
      <indication>Asthma with an irritated throat</indication>
      <indication>Closed-type collapse with clenched jaw and fists and cold extremities</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Chest pain from Liver Qi stagnation</indication>
      <indication>Chest pain with Phlegm</indication>
      <indication>Epigastric and abdominal distension and pain</indication>
      <indication>Asthma</indication>
      <indication>Stress-related breathing problems</indication>
      <indication>Anxiety neurosis</indication>
      <indication>Hysteria</indication>
      <indication>Palpitations</indication>
      <indication>Coma</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>mu xiang</herb>
    <herb>chen xiang</herb>
    <herb>bing lang</herb>
    <herb>zhi shi</herb>
    <herb>wu yao</herb>
  </constituents>
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