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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">tiao zhong yi qi tang</name>
    <name type="english">Regulate the Middlle and Augement the Qi Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonfiy the Qi</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens the Spleen and Stomach</summary>
      <indication>Deficient Spleen Qi with Damp collecting</indication>
      <indication>Poor appetite, a full feeling in the chest and short breath</indication>
      <indication>Either restless, unsound sleep or too much sleep</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale with a white coat that may be sticky; pulse flooding, moderate and wiry, but choppy under firm pressure</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Leaches out Dampness</summary>
      <indication>Heavy body and irritability</indication>
      <indication>Painful joints that are hard to bend and straighten</indication>
      <indication>Cough with sticky sputum</indication>
      <indication>Frequent clear urine, with frequent diarrhoea or else constipation</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Dyspnoea</indication>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal fullness and distension</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>huang qi</herb>
    <herb>ren shen</herb>
    <herb>cang zhu</herb>
    <herb>zhi gan cao</herb>
    <herb>mu xiang</herb>
    <herb>chen pi</herb>
    <herb>sheng ma</herb>
    <herb>chai hu</herb>
  </constituents>
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