| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms related to superficial oedema |
Da Qing Long Tang
Major Bluegreen Dragon Decoction
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Releases Wind-Cold from the Exterior;
Purifies internal Heat;
Promotes sweating.
| Externally-contracted Wind-Cold with interior Heat. | Aversion to cold;
Chills;
Discomfort;
High fever;
Irritability;
No sweating;
Pain in entire body;
Restlessness;
Acute superficial oedema;
Asthma;
Breathing difficulty;
Cough;
Pleurisy;
Thirst;
Red and slightly rough tongue, thin-white or thin-yellow coating;
Floating-Rapid-Tight pulse (Fu Shu Jin); Floating-Tight pulse (Fu Jin).
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
Minor Bluegreen Dragon Decoction
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Releases the Exterior;
Promotes sweating;
Disperses Cold;
Transforms stagnant Water and Cold-Phlegm;
Warms the Lungs;
Controls ascending Rebellious Qi.
| Severe sensation of cold with slight fever due to Wind-Cold. | Asthma which is worse when lying down;
Chills;
Chills predominant;
Clear phlegm;
Cough;
Difficult to expectorate phlegm;
Emphysema;
Fever;
Frothy phlegm;
Heaviness of the body;
No sweating;
Profuse phlegm;
Stagnation of Body Fluids (in the Lungs, in particular) with or without superficial oedema;
White phlegm;
Accumulation of Phlegm in bronchi;
No particular thirst;
Obstruction of the stomach;
Pale tongue, white or greyish and greasy or moisty coating (tongue may be swollen and tooth-marked);
Floating-Tight pulse (Fu Jin).
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Qi Pi Yin
Seven-Peel Decoction
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Regulates the Qi;
Tonifies the Spleen;
Drains Dampness.
| | Distension of the abdomen;
Fullness of the abdomen;
Superficial oedema.
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