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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms of very pale tongue |
| Du Shen Tang Unaccompanied Ginseng Decoction |
Tonifies Original Qi; Strengthens Qi; Tonifies Qi. | Acute, severe Blood loss or heart failure (this is called "Qi collapse following the [loss of] blood"). | Breathlessness; Lethargy; Myocardial infarction; Profuse sweating; Severe collapse (following violent hemorrhage); Cold extremities; Livid complexion; Very pale tongue; Hidden-Hollow-Fine pulse (Fú Kou Xi). |
| Yang He Tang Yang-Heartening Decoction |
Tonifies the Yang; Warms Yang; Tonifies Blood; Disperses Cold; Eliminates stagnation. | Yin-type localized swelling. Its scope not only encompasses problems in the flesh and muscles, but also in the joints, as in some types of crane's-knee, which is a swollen and painful knee joint accompanied by weight loss of the muscles of the thigh and calf. | Arthritis; Chronic osteomyelitis; Leg atrophy; Localized oedema, painful swelling without heads that blend into the surrounding tissue and do not affect the texture or color of the skin, and are not hot to the touch; No infection; Pain and swelling of the knee joint; Pus; Thigh atrophy; Thrombopenia; Fibrocystic breast; Joint disorders, lymphatic disorders (tuberculous patient, long-term or not); Pain in the lower back; Sciatica; Very pale tongue; Fine-Deep-Forceless pulse (Xi Chen Wu Li). |