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  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">zuo jin wan</name>
    <name type="english">Left Metal Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Heat from Organs</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Liver Fire</summary>
      <indication>Liver Fire invading the Stomach, so that Stomach Qi no longer descends</indication>
      <indication>Stagnant Liver Qi, or Liver channel Heat upsetting the Stomach</indication>
      <indication>Distending, burning pain in the flanks and epigastrium</indication>
      <indication>Bitter taste, dry mouth and lips, thirst and irritability</indication>
      <indication>Red tongue, yellow coat; rapid, wiry pulse</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Descends rebellious Qi and stops vomiting</summary>
      <indication>Sour regurgitation and heartburn, with belching and hiccups</indication>
      <indication>Nausea and vomiting</indication>
      <indication>A vague, gnawing hunger</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD)</indication>
      <indication>Reflux esophagitis</indication>
      <indication>Esophageal reflux</indication>
      <indication>Esophagitis</indication>
      <indication>Acid regurgitation</indication>
      <indication>Hiatus hernia</indication>
      <indication>Acute gastritis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic gastritis</indication>
      <indication>Gastralgia</indication>
      <indication>Peptic ulcer</indication>
      <indication>H. pylori infection</indication>
      <indication>Indigestion</indication>
      <indication>Nausea and vomiting</indication>
      <indication>Pernicious vomiting</indication>
      <indication>Morning sickness</indication>
      <indication>Hiccups</indication>
      <indication>Hangover</indication>
      <indication>Cholecystitis</indication>
      <indication>Hepatitis</indication>
      <indication>Cirrhosis of the liver</indication>
      <indication>Bacillary dysentery</indication>
      <indication>Allergic colitis</indication>
      <indication>Uterine fibroids</indication>
      <indication>Hypertension</indication>
      <indication>Fever</indication>
      <indication>Stress</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>huang lian</herb>
    <herb>wu zhu yu</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
