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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">sang ju yin</name>
    <name type="english">Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Release Exterior Wind Heat</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Disperses Wind-Heat and releases the Exterior</summary>
      <indication>Early stage of Wind-Heat invading the Lungs, with cough as the main complaint and only mild surface Heat</indication>
      <indication>Low fever with some sweating, mild chills and dislike of wind</indication>
      <indication>Headache, dizziness and vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Eyes red and painful, sensitive to light</indication>
      <indication>Nose blocked or running with thick yellow mucus</indication>
      <indication>Wei-stage Dry Heat in warm disease; Summerheat with Damp; Damp-Heat</indication>
      <indication>Tongue with a red tip and a thin white or yellow coat; pulse floating and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears the Lungs and stops cough</summary>
      <indication>Cough, dry or with little phlegm, or bringing up thick, sticky yellow sputum</indication>
      <indication>Throat red, swollen and sore, or only slightly sore and itchy</indication>
      <indication>Mild thirst with a wish for cold drinks</indication>
      <indication>Possible chest pain, or breathlessness with flaring nostrils</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Common cold</indication>
      <indication>Influenza</indication>
      <indication>Fever</indication>
      <indication>Upper respiratory tract infection</indication>
      <indication>Acute tonsillitis</indication>
      <indication>Acute laryngitis</indication>
      <indication>Sore throat</indication>
      <indication>Hoarseness</indication>
      <indication>Tracheitis</indication>
      <indication>Acute bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>Bronchiectasis</indication>
      <indication>Pneumonia</indication>
      <indication>Pertussis</indication>
      <indication>Croup</indication>
      <indication>Cough</indication>
      <indication>Dyspnea</indication>
      <indication>Acute conjunctivitis, including epidemic conjunctivitis</indication>
      <indication>Red eyes</indication>
      <indication>Blepharitis</indication>
      <indication>Early-stage measles</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness and vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Sweating</indication>
      <indication>Allergies</indication>
      <indication>Sinusitis</indication>
      <indication>Nasal pain</indication>
      <indication>Epistaxis</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>sang ye</herb>
    <herb>ju hua</herb>
    <herb>lian qiao</herb>
    <herb>bo he</herb>
    <herb>jie geng</herb>
    <herb>xing ren</herb>
    <herb>lu gen</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
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