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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">yin chen si ni tang</name>
    <name type="english">Artemisia Yinchenhao Decoction for Fridgid Extremities</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Damp Heat</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the interior and supports Yang</summary>
      <indication>Cold-Damp afflicting the Spleen with Kidney Yang deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Cold hands and feet, lethargy, fatigue and dull, withered spirit</indication>
      <indication>Poor appetite</indication>
      <indication>Pulse weak, deep and thready</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Resolves Dampness and reduces jaundice</summary>
      <indication>Yin-type jaundice: a dull face with a dark yellow tinge and dull yellow whites of the eyes</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Yin jaundice</indication>
      <indication>Chronic hepatitis</indication>
      <indication>Cirrhosis of the liver</indication>
      <indication>Gastritis</indication>
      <indication>Gastroenteritis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic enteritis</indication>
      <indication>Gastrectasis</indication>
      <indication>Dysentery</indication>
      <indication>Indigestion</indication>
      <indication>Anorexia</indication>
      <indication>Fatigue</indication>
      <indication>Vaginal discharge</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>yin chen hao</herb>
    <herb>pao jiang</herb>
    <herb>zhi fu zi</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
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