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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">shen xian tang</name>
    <name type="english">Raise the Sinking Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonfiy the Qi</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies Qi and raises sunken Qi in the chest</summary>
      <indication>Gathering Qi sunk in the chest</indication>
      <indication>Short of breath, with rapid breathing and severe dyspnea</indication>
      <indication>Pulse deep, slow and frail</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Lifts prolapse</summary>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Cardiovascular disorders</indication>
      <indication>Myasthenia gravis</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>huang qi</herb>
    <herb>zhi mu</herb>
    <herb>chai hu</herb>
    <herb>jie geng</herb>
    <herb>sheng ma</herb>
  </constituents>
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