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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">yi qi cong ming tang</name>
    <name type="english">Augment the Qi and Increase Acuity Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonfiy the Qi</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens and raises the Qi of the Middle Burner</summary>
      <indication>Long-standing Middle Burner Qi deficiency affecting sight and hearing</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness and light-headedness</indication>
      <indication>Poor appetite, abdominal pain and chronic diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Spontaneous sweating</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Improves the acuity of sight and hearing</summary>
      <indication>Hearing and vision both growing duller</indication>
      <indication>Blurred vision; pterygium</indication>
      <indication>Ringing in the ears and loss of hearing</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Pterygium</indication>
      <indication>Cataract</indication>
      <indication>Optic atrophy</indication>
      <indication>Chronic visual disturbances</indication>
      <indication>Obstructive visual disturbances</indication>
      <indication>Tinnitus</indication>
      <indication>Hearing loss</indication>
      <indication>Hypoacusis</indication>
      <indication>Otitis media</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness</indication>
      <indication>Vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Forgetfulness</indication>
      <indication>Cognitive dysfunction</indication>
      <indication>Cerebral arteriosclerosis</indication>
      <indication>Cerebral thrombosis</indication>
      <indication>Tic douloureux</indication>
      <indication>Anorexia</indication>
      <indication>Colitis</indication>
      <indication>Ulcerative colitis</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>huang qi</herb>
    <herb>ren shen</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
    <herb>sheng ma</herb>
    <herb>ge gen</herb>
    <herb>man jing zi</herb>
    <herb>Bai Shao</herb>
    <herb>huang bai</herb>
  </constituents>
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