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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">yin chen zhu fu tang</name>
    <name type="english">Artemisia Yinchenhao, Atractylodes and Prepared Aconte Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Damp Heat</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms and strengthens the Spleen</summary>
      <indication>Deficient Spleen Yang with Cold inside</indication>
      <indication>Distention and fullness of the epigastrium and abdomen, abdominal pain, gurgling in the intestines</indication>
      <indication>Nausea, vomiting, no appetite, dulled taste and a sticky mouth; no thirst, or a liking for hot drinks</indication>
      <indication>Loose stools or diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Dislikes cold, feels chilled, with cold limbs; tiredness, lassitude and sleepiness</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Transforms Dampness</summary>
      <indication>Heavy head; edema or plentiful white vaginal discharge in some cases</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pink with a white, thick coat that is greasy or sticky; pulse slow and deep</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Reduces jaundice</summary>
      <indication>Yin-type jaundice of a dull yellow color</indication>
      <indication>Pain in the liver area; sometimes stabbing pain of the chest and hypochondrium; spider naevi may appear</indication>
      <indication>In severe cases, nosebleeds and bleeding gums</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Yin jaundice</indication>
      <indication>Viral hepatitis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic hepatitis</indication>
      <indication>Hepatitis C</indication>
      <indication>Cirrhosis of the liver</indication>
      <indication>Liver cancer</indication>
      <indication>Edema</indication>
      <indication>Anorexia</indication>
      <indication>Fatigue</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>yin chen hao</herb>
    <herb>bai zhu</herb>
    <herb>gan jiang</herb>
    <herb>zhi fu zi</herb>
    <herb>rou gui</herb>
    <herb>zhi gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
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