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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">san jia fu mai tang</name>
    <name type="english">Three Shell Decoction to Restore the Pulse</name>
  </names>
  <category>Extinguish Internal Wind</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Yin and Blood and restores the pulse</summary>
      <indication>Final stage of a warm-febrile disease in which deep Heat has badly damaged Yin and Blood</indication>
      <indication>Dry mouth and throat, dizziness, ringing in the ears and palpitations</indication>
      <indication>Heat lodged so deep that the limbs are cold (true Heat, false Cold), with a restless, pounding feeling in the chest and at times pain in the heart</indication>
      <indication>Tongue dry and deep red; pulse thin, rapid and without force</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Anchors rising Yang and extinguishes internal Wind</summary>
      <indication>Liver Yang floating upward and Liver Wind beginning to stir from Yin and Blood deficiency</indication>
      <indication>In more advanced cases, trembling fingers or the start of spasms</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Neurological illness in the late stage of a fever</indication>
      <indication>Neuromuscular overexcitability from deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Recovery from encephalitis or meningitis</indication>
      <indication>Morvan syndrome</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>zhi gan cao</herb>
    <herb>sheng di huang</herb>
    <herb>Bai Shao</herb>
    <herb>mai men dong</herb>
    <herb>huo ma ren</herb>
    <herb>e jiao</herb>
    <herb>mu li</herb>
    <herb>bie jia</herb>
    <herb>gui ban</herb>
  </constituents>
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