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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">san miao wan</name>
    <name type="english">Three-Marvel Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Damp Heat</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and dries Dampness</summary>
      <indication>Lower Jiao Damp-Heat</indication>
      <indication>Joints that are red, hot, swollen and painful</indication>
      <indication>Numb, painful legs and burning feet</indication>
      <indication>Sores on the lower legs from Damp</indication>
      <indication>Thick yellow vaginal discharge with a foul smell</indication>
      <indication>Urine scanty and yellow</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pink and possibly swollen with a greasy yellow coat; pulse rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens the sinews and bones</summary>
      <indication>Liver and Kidney deficiency leaving the bones and sinews weak</indication>
      <indication>Weak, aching lower back; weak or wasting legs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Rheumatism</indication>
      <indication>Rheumatoid arthritis</indication>
      <indication>Rheumatic arthritis</indication>
      <indication>Arthralgia</indication>
      <indication>Gout</indication>
      <indication>Hip pain</indication>
      <indication>Beriberi</indication>
      <indication>Numbness and paresthesia</indication>
      <indication>Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)</indication>
      <indication>Vaginitis</indication>
      <indication>Cervicitis</indication>
      <indication>Foul, thick yellow leukorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Premenstrual breast distention</indication>
      <indication>Fibrocystic breast disease</indication>
      <indication>Rashes</indication>
      <indication>Eczema</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>huang bai</herb>
    <herb>cang zhu</herb>
    <herb>huai niu xi</herb>
  </constituents>
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