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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms of painful flanks |
| Chen Xiang Hua Qi Wan Aquilaria Rectify the Qi Pill |
Moves Qi; Subdues Rebellious Qi; Eliminates food retention. | Food retention in the stomach due to improper diet. | Acid regurgitation; Belching; Chest pain; Chronic cholecystitis; Chronic hepatitis; Duodenal ulcer; Fullness in the flanks; Fullness of the chest; Gastric ulcer; Gastritis; Painful flanks; Poor appetite. |
| Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang Artemisia Annua and Scutellaria Decoction to Clear the Gallbladder |
Clears Heat and Damp-Heat from the Gall-Bladder; Regulates Stomach-Qi; Transforms Phlegm. | Damp-Heat and turbid Phlegm in the lesser Yang channels battling the protective and nutritive Qi to penetrate deeper into the body. | Acid regurgitation; Acute cholecystitis; Acute gastritis; Acute hepatitis; Alternating fever and chills (high fever, slight chills); Bitter regurgitation; Bitter taste; Chest pain; Fullness in the flanks; Fullness of the chest; Hypertension; Ménière's disease; Nausea; Painful flanks; Vomiting of bile; Bronchitis; Coronary disorders; Malaria; Pneumonia; Pyelonephritis; Thirst but no desire to drink; Thirst with desire to drink; Red tongue, thick-greasy-white or thick-greasy-yellow coating; Right pulse: soft, rapid (Ru Shu) or slippery, rapid (Hua Shu) or wiry, rapid (Xian Shu); Left pulse: wiry, rapid (Xian Shu). |
| Shi Zao Tang Ten-Jujube Decoction |
Purges congested fluids. | Suspended, congested fluids clogging up the chest and hypochondriac regions. | Ascites (cirrhosis of liver); Breathlessness; Chronic nephritis; Cough with painful flanks and chest pain; Fullness of the epigastrium (severe cases); Nephrotic syndrome; Oedema that is more severe below the waist; Serous pleurisy; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Chest pain that radiates to the back; Dizziness; Dyspnea; Dysuria; Headache; Oliguria; Tongue with a white-slippery coating; Deep-Wiry pulse (Chen Xian). |