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Warms Spleen and Kidney Yang

Spleen and Kidney Yang deficiency with water overflowing: Yin-type, Cold edema Cold limbs, no thirst and a liking for warmth Tongue pale with a thick, greasy coat; pulse deep and slow, deep and thready, or submerged

Strengthens the Spleen

Poor appetite with semi-liquid, unformed stools Fatigue with a pale or withered-looking complexion

Moves Qi and disperses fullness

Fullness and distention of the chest and abdomen Heavy feeling in the body

Promotes urination

Chronic, severe, pitting edema over the whole body, worse below the waist, with the legs and ankles more swollen than the face Scanty urine

Modern uses

Pitting edema Cardiac edema Anasarca Ascites Cirrhosis of the liver Chronic hepatitis and chronic liver disease Liver cancer Chronic nephritis Acute glomerulonephritis Chronic glomerulonephritis Nephrotic syndrome Oliguria Congestive heart failure Rheumatic valvular heart disease Palpitations Dyspnea Hypothyroidism Chronic enteritis Intestinal tuberculosis Indigestion Gastralgia Anorexia Abdominal fullness and distention Tympanites Hydramnios Menopause Paralysis Low back pain Fatigue zhi fu zi gan jiang fu ling bai zhu mu gua hou po mu xiang da fu pi cao guo zhi gan cao