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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">wei rui tang</name>
    <name type="english">Polygonatum Odoratum Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Formulas that Release Exterior Disorders with Interior Deficiency</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Scatters Wind and releases the Exterior</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Heat on a background of Yin deficiency, affecting Qi and Blood, in elderly people or after childbirth</indication>
      <indication>Sweating with a heavy feeling in the body</indication>
      <indication>Wheezing and difficult breathing</indication>
      <indication>Pulse floating at both proximal positions</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and nourishes Yin</summary>
      <indication>Sullen mood, lethargy and no desire to sleep</indication>
      <indication>Difficult urination</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Regulates Qi and Blood</summary>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Common cold</indication>
      <indication>Acute tonsillitis</indication>
      <indication>Pharyngitis</indication>
      <indication>Pulmonary tuberculosis</indication>
      <indication>Dyspnea</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>yu zhu</herb>
    <herb>bai wei</herb>
    <herb>ma huang</herb>
    <herb>cong bai</herb>
    <herb>du huo</herb>
    <herb>xing ren</herb>
    <herb>chuan xiong</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
    <herb>qīng mù xiāng</herb>
    <herb>shi gao</herb>
  </constituents>
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