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Clears Heat and transforms Phlegm

Minor chest bind: Phlegm and Heat clumping below the Heart and in the chest Cough with thick, sticky yellow sputum that is hard to bring up Bitter taste and constipation

Opens the chest and dissipates clumping

Focal fullness of the chest and epigastrium, soft to the touch but painful when pressed, with or without lumps; stifled feeling in the chest Tongue coat yellow and greasy; pulse slippery and floating, or slippery and rapid

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Acute bronchitis Upper respiratory tract infection Pneumonia Asthma Bronchiectasis COPD Cough Pleurisy, including with effusion Spontaneous pneumothorax Silicosis Pulmonary tuberculosis Smoke inhalation Pulmonary heart disease Coronary heart disease Congestive heart failure Acute pericarditis Costochondritis Intercostal neuralgia Psychogenic chest pain Cerebrovascular disease Gastritis, including erosive and bile reflux gastritis Reflux esophagitis Acid reflux Hiatus hernia Peptic ulcer Pyloric obstruction Dyspepsia and indigestion Dysphagia Constipation Acute infectious gastroenteritis Hepatitis Cholecystitis Cholelithiasis Acute and chronic pancreatitis Biliary ascariasis Psychosis Insomnia Acne Blepharitis gua lou huang lian jiang ban xia