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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">shi yi wei wen dan tang</name>
    <name type="english">Eleven-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Heat and Transform Phlegm</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and transforms Phlegm</summary>
      <indication>Phlegm-Heat</indication>
      <indication>Coughing up yellow, sticky phlegm that is hard to bring up</indication>
      <indication>Short, rapid breathing with a coarse voice; dyspnea</indication>
      <indication>Restless feverishness and a sore throat</indication>
      <indication>Dry stools and constipation</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Harmonizes the Stomach</summary>
      <indication>Nausea and vomiting, belching and acid reflux</indication>
      <indication>Gnawing, vague hunger, or loss of appetite</indication>
      <indication>Bitter taste, distended abdomen, fullness of the chest or epigastrium, and pain along the ribs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Calms the Shen</summary>
      <indication>Anxiety, nervousness, irritability and restlessness</indication>
      <indication>Waking in the early hours without being able to get back to sleep</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness and vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Manic behaviour</indication>
      <indication>Tongue scarlet with a yellow coat that may be greasy or smooth; pulse slippery and rapid, or wiry</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Anxiety</indication>
      <indication>Anxiety neurosis</indication>
      <indication>Convalescence after a febrile illness</indication>
      <indication>Post-viral syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Acid reflux</indication>
      <indication>Dyspnea</indication>
      <indication>Anorexia</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>ban xia</herb>
    <herb>chen pi</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
    <herb>zhi shi</herb>
    <herb>zhu ru</herb>
    <herb>huang lian</herb>
    <herb>yuan zhi</herb>
    <herb>shi chang pu</herb>
    <herb>ye jiao teng</herb>
    <herb>zhen zhu mu</herb>
  </constituents>
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