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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
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  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">dan gui san</name>
    <name type="chinese">當歸散</name>
    <name type="english">Tangkuei Powder</name>
  </names>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes the Blood and calms the fetus</summary>
      <indication>Pregnancy troubles in slender women whose Yin and Blood have long been deficient</indication>
      <indication>Unsettled pregnancy, a history of repeated miscarriage, and difficult labour</indication>
      <indication>Taken during pregnancy as a preventive</indication>
      <indication>Weakness and anemia after childbirth</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale red with little or no coat; pulse thin, or thin and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat</summary>
      <indication>Afternoon tidal fever, thirst and dryness</indication>
      <indication>Hysteria</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens the Spleen</summary>
      <indication>Aching back, painful abdomen</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Habitual miscarriage</indication>
      <indication>Threatened miscarriage</indication>
      <indication>Restless fetus disorder</indication>
      <indication>Unstable pregnancy</indication>
      <indication>Difficult labor</indication>
      <indication>Postpartum problems</indication>
      <indication>Postpartum convulsions</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain</indication>
      <indication>Fever</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>huang qin</herb>
    <herb>Bai Shao</herb>
    <herb>chuan xiong</herb>
    <herb>bai zhu</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
