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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">da huang gan cao tang</name>
    <name type="english">Rhubarb and Licorice Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Drain Downward</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Unblocks the bowels and purges</summary>
      <indication>Heat in the Intestines together with Stomach Fire</indication>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
      <indication>Flushed face and red eyes</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red with prickles and a yellow coat; pulse forceful and excess</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Harmonizes the Stomach and stops vomiting</summary>
      <indication>Vomiting, and a bitter mouth</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
      <indication>Gastritis</indication>
      <indication>Gastric distension</indication>
      <indication>Nausea and vomiting</indication>
      <indication>Vomiting in pregnancy</indication>
      <indication>Red eyes</indication>
      <indication>Epilepsy in children</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>da huang</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
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