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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">tiao wei cheng qi tang</name>
    <name type="english">Regulate the stomach and order the qi Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Drain Downward</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Gently purges accumulated Heat</summary>
      <indication>Mild excess Heat of the Yang Ming organs, where Heat has knotted with the stool in Stomach and Intestines and dried it, but there is no marked fullness, distension or hard, tender mass</indication>
      <indication>Also Heat excess of the Stomach or Large Intestine, and dry Heat in the Intestines at the Qi stage of a warm disease</indication>
      <indication>Dry, bound stools and constipation, with at most mild abdominal fullness or discomfort</indication>
      <indication>Fever, which may be tidal and worse in the afternoon, a feeling of steaming heat through the body and dislike of heat</indication>
      <indication>Thirst, a dry mouth and tongue, irritability and a heavy body</indication>
      <indication>Delirious talk or restlessness in more marked cases</indication>
      <indication>Palms and soles that sweat heavily</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Stomach and Intestine Fire</summary>
      <indication>Swollen gums or toothache, a swollen throat, and sores on the mouth or tongue</indication>
      <indication>Nosebleed, maculae, or petechiae from Heat in the Stomach and Intestines</indication>
      <indication>Nausea, vomiting, headache and red eyes</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red, or pink and dry with prickles, with a yellow or black coat; pulse slippery and rapid, deep, forceful and rapid, or deep and forceful</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
      <indication>Constipation in the elderly</indication>
      <indication>Postoperative constipation and distension</indication>
      <indication>Acute simple intestinal obstruction</indication>
      <indication>Food retention</indication>
      <indication>Food poisoning</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain</indication>
      <indication>Acute appendicitis</indication>
      <indication>Acute cholecystitis</indication>
      <indication>Acute pancreatitis</indication>
      <indication>Biliary roundworm</indication>
      <indication>Acute gastroenteritis</indication>
      <indication>Early-stage dysentery</indication>
      <indication>Typhoid fever</indication>
      <indication>Diverticulitis</indication>
      <indication>Ulcerative colitis</indication>
      <indication>Crohn&apos;s disease</indication>
      <indication>Mesenteric lymphadenitis</indication>
      <indication>Hiccup</indication>
      <indication>Hiccup or retching from excess Stomach Heat</indication>
      <indication>Nausea and vomiting</indication>
      <indication>Hematemesis</indication>
      <indication>Gingivitis</indication>
      <indication>Toothache</indication>
      <indication>Stomatitis</indication>
      <indication>Canker sores from Summer Heat</indication>
      <indication>Pneumonia, especially in children</indication>
      <indication>Upper respiratory tract infection</indication>
      <indication>Influenza</indication>
      <indication>Measles</indication>
      <indication>Meningitis</indication>
      <indication>Tetanus</indication>
      <indication>Fever</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Red eyes</indication>
      <indication>Epistaxis</indication>
      <indication>Profuse sweating</indication>
      <indication>Ephidrosis</indication>
      <indication>Hypertension</indication>
      <indication>Beriberi</indication>
      <indication>Obesity</indication>
      <indication>Hemorrhoids</indication>
      <indication>Acne</indication>
      <indication>Pelvic inflammatory disease</indication>
      <indication>Salpingitis</indication>
      <indication>Trichomonas</indication>
      <indication>Mania</indication>
      <indication>Neurosis</indication>
      <indication>Insomnia</indication>
      <indication>Ill effects of misusing warming substances, including heavy drinking</indication>
      <indication>Drug overdose</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>da huang</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
    <herb>mang xiao</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
