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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">xing ren hua shi tang</name>
    <name type="english">Apricot Kernel and Talcum Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Damp Heat</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and Summerheat</summary>
      <indication>Damp-Heat or Damp-Summerheat spread through all three Jiao</indication>
      <indication>Tidal fever with sweating and thirst</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red at the tip and edges with a greasy white or yellow coat; pulse soft and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Resolves Dampness</summary>
      <indication>Stuffy, oppressed chest with nausea</indication>
      <indication>Severe diarrhoea with scanty urine</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Gastroenteritis</indication>
      <indication>Colitis</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhoea</indication>
      <indication>Nausea and vomiting</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain</indication>
      <indication>Oliguria</indication>
      <indication>Sweating</indication>
      <indication>Fever</indication>
      <indication>Encephalitis B</indication>
      <indication>Chronic fatigue syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Fatigue</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>xing ren</herb>
    <herb>huang qin</herb>
    <herb>huang lian</herb>
    <herb>chen pi</herb>
    <herb>ban xia</herb>
    <herb>hou po</herb>
    <herb>yu jin</herb>
    <herb>hua shi</herb>
    <herb>tong cao</herb>
  </constituents>
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