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The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy is a thick coating in the centre.


Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan (Pian)
(Agastache Upright Qi Pill (Tablet))


Explanation


This remedy has the same ingredients and indications as the prescription of the same name
above.


The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy is a sticky-white coating.


Jian Pi Wan
(Strengthening the Spleen Pill)


Dang Shen Radix Codonopsis pilosulae
Shan Zha Fructus Crataegi
Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae
Zhi Shi Fructus Citri aurantii immaturus
Chen Pi Pericarpium Citri reticulatae
Mai Ya Fructus Hordei vulgaris germinatus

Explanation


This pill resolves Dampness and mildly strengthens the Spleen.


The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy is a Pale body with a thick coating in the
centre.


Case History 12.7


Tiredness: Dampness-Male, Age 34


A man of 34 complained of extreme tiredness, nausea, dizziness, headaches, thirst, loose stools,
epigastric fullness and a feeling of heaviness. He also felt irritable and had been putting on
weight. All these symptoms appeared after a prolonged stay in Sri Lanka.


His pulse was Rapid and Slippery and his tongue was slightly Red with red raised "pimples" and
a sticky-yellow coating.


Diagnosis All these manifestations clearly point to retention of Damp-Heat in the
Interior, obviously contracted in Sri Lanka where the weather is hot and

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