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Restores Yang and rescues from collapse

Devastated Yang with collapsing Qi (desertion) Exhausted Heart Yang (vanquished Yang) Phlegm blocking the Heart orifice, with exhaustion Shaoyin Cold Sudden cold sweating, profuse or spontaneous, with limbs cold perhaps as far as the elbows and knees Extremely pale face, intolerance of cold and dizziness Mental fog or no response as Yang fails May come after severe vomiting, diarrhea or a large loss of blood or fluids Cold pain in the abdomen, loose stools and an upset stomach

Strongly tonifies Yuan Qi

Breathing weak and shallow, with shortness of breath Tongue pale; pulse faint and minute, barely perceptible, as if about to expire

Modern uses

Shock Cardiogenic shock Hypovolemic shock Septic shock Severe hypotension Prostration Congestive heart failure Acute heart failure Myocardial infarction Coronary heart disease Cor pulmonale Palpitations Pulmonary failure Apoplexy Dizziness Postpartum hemorrhage Post-surgical bleeding Uterine bleeding Bleeding peptic ulcer Hematemesis Epistaxis Common cold Influenza Pneumonia Asthma Dyspnea HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS-related cough and asthma Dysentery Indigestion Cholecystitis Cholelithiasis Urinary incontinence Spontaneous perspiration Rheumatic fever Scleroderma Lupus erythematosus ren shen zhi fu zi