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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">yue bi jia zhu tang</name>
    <name type="english">Maidservant from Yue Decoction plus Atractylodes</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Heat from Organs</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Induces sweating and disseminates Lung Qi</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Damp edema</indication>
      <indication>Dislike of wind and cold, with mild fever or with fever and chills</indication>
      <indication>Light, continuous sweating; thirst; headache</indication>
      <indication>Tongue normal with a white or thin white coat; pulse floating, or floating and big</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Moves water</summary>
      <indication>Swelling that starts in the face and around the eyes and spreads through the body, with scanty urine</indication>
      <indication>Heavy, sore limbs and weak, aching feet</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and calms asthma</summary>
      <indication>Red, swollen sore throat</indication>
      <indication>Cough, which may be severe, with asthma or dyspnea; bulging eyes</indication>
      <indication>Weak abdomen and belching</indication>
      <indication>Skin complaints</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Edema</indication>
      <indication>Edema during pregnancy</indication>
      <indication>Ocular swelling</indication>
      <indication>Ascites</indication>
      <indication>Hydrocele</indication>
      <indication>Nephritis</indication>
      <indication>Acute glomerulonephritis</indication>
      <indication>Dermatic nephritis</indication>
      <indication>Oliguria</indication>
      <indication>Dysuria</indication>
      <indication>Arthritis</indication>
      <indication>Rheumatoid arthritis</indication>
      <indication>Rheumatism</indication>
      <indication>Painful obstruction</indication>
      <indication>Arthralgia</indication>
      <indication>Beriberi</indication>
      <indication>Chronic bronchitis</indication>
      <indication>Pulmonary emphysema</indication>
      <indication>Cough</indication>
      <indication>Dyspnea</indication>
      <indication>Sore throat</indication>
      <indication>Conjunctivitis</indication>
      <indication>Acute conjunctivitis</indication>
      <indication>Keratitis</indication>
      <indication>Nebula</indication>
      <indication>Nasal polyps</indication>
      <indication>Eczema</indication>
      <indication>Dermatitis</indication>
      <indication>Inguinal tinea</indication>
      <indication>Jaundice</indication>
      <indication>Fever</indication>
      <indication>Fatigue</indication>
      <indication>Spontaneous perspiration</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>ma huang</herb>
    <herb>shi gao</herb>
    <herb>sheng jiang</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
    <herb>bai zhu</herb>
    <herb>da zao</herb>
  </constituents>
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