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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">zi shen tong guan wan</name>
    <name type="english">Enrich the Kidneys and Open the Gates Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Nourish and Tonify Yin</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao</summary>
      <indication>Blood-level Damp-Heat in the urinary tract (Lower Jiao)</indication>
      <indication>Blood in the urine, with lower abdominal pain and distension</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes Qi transformation of the Bladder</summary>
      <indication>Painful, scanty or completely blocked urination</indication>
      <indication>Thirst without wanting to drink, or no thirst</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Urinary retention</indication>
      <indication>Dysuria</indication>
      <indication>Cystitis</indication>
      <indication>Urethritis</indication>
      <indication>Pyelonephritis</indication>
      <indication>Prostatitis</indication>
      <indication>Urinary stones in the inflammatory stage</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>huang bai</herb>
    <herb>zhi mu</herb>
    <herb>rou gui</herb>
  </constituents>
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