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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms of heat predominant |
| Gui Zhi Er Yue Bi Yi Tang Two-parts Cinnamon Twig Decoction and One-part Maidservant from Yue's Decoction |
Releases the Exterior; Eliminates internal Heat. | Persistent exterior disorders that have become constrained and are accompanied by mild interior Heat. | Fever; Heat predominant; Aversion to cold; Slight chills; Yang weakness; Weak-Faint pulse (Ruo Wei) according to the Shang Han Lun. |
| Mu Xiang Bing Lang Wan (1/3) Aucklandia and Betel Nut Pill |
Purges digestive and intestinal accumulation; Moves Qi; Eliminates food retention; Clears Heat; Drains Heat. | Food retention remains in the body, it collects and clogs the Qi mechanisms of the digestive organs. The clogging or obstruction transforms into Heat from constraint, which, together with the Dampness caused by retention of food weakening the Spleen, becomes Damp-Heat. The internal accumulation of Damp-Heat usually combines with the stagnation of food to obstruct the flow of Qi in the Yang organs. | Constipation (Heat predominant); Damp diarrhea; Distension of the abdomen; Dysentery; Fullness of the abdomen; Fullness of the epigastrium; Gastroenteritis; Indigestion; Pain of the abdomen; Pain of the epigastrium; Tenesmus; Red tongue, greasy-yellow coating; Full pulse (Shi). |
| Mu Xiang Bing Lang Wan (2/3) Aucklandia and Betel Nut Pill; Saussurea and Areca Seed Pill |
Moves Qi; Eliminates food retention; Clears Heat; Drains Heat; Purges digestive and intestinal accumulation. | Food retention remains in the body, it collects and clogs the Qi mechanisms of the digestive organs. The clogging or obstruction transforms into Heat from constraint, which, together with the Dampness caused by retention of food weakening the Spleen, becomes Damp-Heat. The internal accumulation of Damp-Heat usually combines with the stagnation of food to obstruct the flow of Qi in the Yang organs. | Constipation (Heat predominant); Damp diarrhea; Distension of the abdomen; Dysentery; Fullness of the abdomen; Fullness of the epigastrium; Gastroenteritis; Indigestion; Pain of the abdomen; Pain of the epigastrium; Tenesmus; Red tongue, greasy-yellow coating; Full pulse (Shi). |