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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">ren shen hu tao tang</name>
    <name type="english">Ginseng and Walnut Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonfiy the Qi</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies the Lungs and Kidneys</summary>
      <indication>Deficiency of Lungs and Kidneys, with the Kidneys unable to grasp Qi</indication>
      <indication>Cold hands and feet, low back pain and a soft voice</indication>
      <indication>Puffiness of the face</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale with a white coat; pulse feeble</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Relieves wheezing and dyspnoea</summary>
      <indication>Cough and wheezing that keep the patient from sleeping and from lying flat</indication>
      <indication>Asthma and breathlessness with a full feeling in the chest</indication>
      <indication>Sweating when coughing</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Emphysema</indication>
      <indication>COPD</indication>
      <indication>Bronchial asthma</indication>
      <indication>Chronic bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>Dyspnoea</indication>
      <indication>Facial oedema</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>hu tao ren</herb>
    <herb>ren shen</herb>
    <herb>sheng jiang</herb>
  </constituents>
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