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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">tu si zi wan</name>
    <name type="english">Cuscuta Seed Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Warm and Tonify the Yang</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms Kidney Yang and tonifies Kidney Qi and Jing</summary>
      <indication>Kidney Yang deficiency with Kidney Qi that is not firm, so essence and urine are not held</indication>
      <indication>Exhaustion, dislike of cold and a frail build</indication>
      <indication>Aching, weak or cold lower back and knees, with weak legs, and dizziness</indication>
      <indication>Impotence from Kidney Yang deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale with a white coat; pulse deep and thin, or frail</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Secures essence and urine and stops leakage</summary>
      <indication>Urination that is frequent, either scanty with constant dribbling or copious and clear</indication>
      <indication>Incontinence of urine and seminal emission</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Urinary incontinence</indication>
      <indication>Night-time bedwetting</indication>
      <indication>Urinary frequency of the overactive bladder type</indication>
      <indication>Urinary tract infection</indication>
      <indication>Seminal emission</indication>
      <indication>Premature ejaculation</indication>
      <indication>Cervicitis</indication>
      <indication>Cervical polyps</indication>
      <indication>Tiredness with sensitivity to cold</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>tu si zi</herb>
    <herb>lu rong</herb>
    <herb>rou cong rong</herb>
    <herb>shan yao</herb>
    <herb>zhi fu zi</herb>
    <herb>wu yao</herb>
    <herb>wu wei zi</herb>
    <herb>sang piao xiao</herb>
    <herb>yi zhi ren</herb>
    <herb>mu li duan</herb>
    <herb>ji nei jin</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
