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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">suo quan wan</name>
    <name type="english">Shut the Sluice Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Stabilize the Kidneys</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Kidneys and Bladder and dispels Cold</summary>
      <indication>Kidney Yang deficiency with Kidney Qi not firm; cold-deficiency of Kidney and Bladder that impairs Bladder Qi transformation</indication>
      <indication>Frequent urination from Yang deficiency of the Spleen and Kidneys</indication>
      <indication>Cold body or limbs and low back pain, worse in cold weather</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale with a white coat; pulse deep and frail</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Secures urination and stops leakage</summary>
      <indication>Urine that is clear, frequent, long and copious, and hard to hold back</indication>
      <indication>Bedwetting in children from Kidney deficiency cold</indication>
      <indication>Dribbling after urinating, or incontinence, especially in older people</indication>
      <indication>Spermatorrhea; vaginal discharge</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Enuresis, including bedwetting in children</indication>
      <indication>Stress incontinence and urinary incontinence in older adults</indication>
      <indication>Overactive bladder</indication>
      <indication>Nocturia</indication>
      <indication>Polyuria</indication>
      <indication>Diabetes</indication>
      <indication>Spermatorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Impotence</indication>
      <indication>Leukorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Low back pain</indication>
      <indication>Knee pain</indication>
      <indication>Tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Deafness</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>yi zhi ren</herb>
    <herb>wu yao</herb>
    <herb>shan yao</herb>
  </constituents>
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