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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">yang yin qing fei tang</name>
    <name type="english">Nourish the Yin and Clear the Lungs Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Enrich Yin and Moisten Dryness</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Yin and clears the Lungs</summary>
      <indication>Yin deficiency of the Lungs and Kidneys with toxic Heat scorching the throat</indication>
      <indication>Dryness attacking the Lungs</indication>
      <indication>Diphtheria (white throat): a whitish or grey curd-like film over the throat or tonsils that will not scrape away</indication>
      <indication>Throat and mouth dry, worse at night; nose and lips dry</indication>
      <indication>Cough that is dry or brings up little Phlegm, sometimes streaked with blood</indication>
      <indication>Wheezy, raspy breathing, panting or shortness of breath that may come on with exertion</indication>
      <indication>Low-grade or afternoon fever, malar flush, heat in the palms, soles and chest, and steaming bone sensation</indication>
      <indication>Night sweats, irritability, insomnia, and agitation with fever</indication>
      <indication>Pale complexion or at times a red face, with a thin frame</indication>
      <indication>Weak, sore low back and legs; seminal emission with dreams or spermatorrhea; infertility; reduced urine</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red and dry with little or no coat; pulse thin and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Benefits the throat and resolves toxicity</summary>
      <indication>Throat sore and swollen, with a soft or hoarse voice</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Cools the Blood</summary>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Diphtheria</indication>
      <indication>Bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>Bronchiectasis</indication>
      <indication>Acute or chronic pharyngitis</indication>
      <indication>Acute or chronic tonsillitis</indication>
      <indication>Acute or chronic laryngitis</indication>
      <indication>Lingering dry cough, throat dry</indication>
      <indication>Side effects of radiotherapy for head and throat tumors</indication>
      <indication>Nasopharyngeal cancer</indication>
      <indication>Lung cancer (some symptoms)</indication>
      <indication>Agranulocytic angina</indication>
      <indication>Epistaxis</indication>
      <indication>Hemoptysis</indication>
      <indication>Cough</indication>
      <indication>Common cold</indication>
      <indication>Influenza</indication>
      <indication>Upper respiratory tract infection</indication>
      <indication>Pneumonia</indication>
      <indication>Pulmonary tuberculosis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease</indication>
      <indication>Emphysema</indication>
      <indication>Asthma</indication>
      <indication>Dyspnea</indication>
      <indication>Congestive cardiac failure</indication>
      <indication>Sinusitis</indication>
      <indication>Atrophic rhinitis</indication>
      <indication>Conjunctivitis</indication>
      <indication>Follicular conjunctivitis</indication>
      <indication>Tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Fever</indication>
      <indication>Hoarseness</indication>
      <indication>Sore throat</indication>
      <indication>Insomnia</indication>
      <indication>Night sweats</indication>
      <indication>Dry skin</indication>
      <indication>Irregular menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Low back pain</indication>
      <indication>Knee pain</indication>
      <indication>Weakness</indication>
      <indication>Chronic glomerulonephritis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic nephritis</indication>
      <indication>Oliguria</indication>
      <indication>Diabetes</indication>
      <indication>Impotence</indication>
      <indication>Spermatorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Nocturnal emissions</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>sheng di huang</herb>
    <herb>xuan shen</herb>
    <herb>mai men dong</herb>
    <herb>Bai Shao</herb>
    <herb>mu dan pi</herb>
    <herb>chuan bei mu</herb>
    <herb>bo he</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
