| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms related to tongue with thin-white coating |
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Minor Bupleurum Decoction
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Harmonizes the Shao Yang;
Disperses half-exterior, half-interior pathogenic influences.
| Lesser Yang-stage of the six stages of disease, or the half-exterior, half-interior aspect of the eight parameters of disease. | Acute viral hepatitis;
Alternating fever and chills;
Bitter taste;
Breathing difficulty;
Cholecystitis;
Dizziness;
Dry throat;
Flu syndrome;
Fullness in the flanks;
Fullness of the chest;
Heartburn;
Intercostal neuralgia;
Jaundice;
Malaria;
Nausea;
Respiratory tract infection;
Sour taste;
Vomiting;
Poor appetite;
Tongue with thin-white coating;
Wiry pulse (Xian).
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Chai Hu Shu Gan San
Bupleurum Powder to Spread the Liver
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Soothes Liver-Qi;
Moves Qi and Blood;
Calms pain.
| Liver constraint due to stagnation of Qi and Blood Deficiency. | Distension of the breasts;
Dysmenorrhea;
Fullness of the chest;
Pain of the hypochondrium;
Poor digestion;
Premenstrual syndrome;
Susceptibility;
Belching;
Constipation;
Distension of the abdomen;
Hypertension;
Irregular menstruation;
Nervous breakdown;
Tongue with thin-white coating;
Wiry pulse (Xian).
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Tong Xie Yao Fang
Important Formula for Painful Diarrhea
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Soothes Liver-Qi;
Tonifies the Spleen;
Stops diarrhea;
Calms pain.
| Painful diarrhea due to Spleen Deficiency with an overcontrolling Liver. | Acute gastroenteritis;
Colitis;
Continuous borborygmus;
Dysentery;
Enteritis;
Pain of the abdomen;
Diarrhea and pain which starts with the urge to defecate and subsides after completion;
Tongue with thin-white coating;
Weak-Wiry pulse (Ruo Xian); Fine-Wiry pulse (Xi Xian); Slow-Wiry pulse (Chi Xian) - rarely.
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