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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">er zhi wan</name>
    <name type="english">Two-Ultimate Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Nourish and Tonify Yin</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes the Yin and Blood of the Kidneys and Liver</summary>
      <indication>Liver and Kidney Yin deficiency, sometimes with deficiency Heat and bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Sore, weak lower back and knees; weak or wasting legs</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness, ringing in the ears and blurry vision</indication>
      <indication>Hair that greys or falls out too early</indication>
      <indication>Dry, parched mouth and throat, with a bitter taste</indication>
      <indication>Poor, dream-filled sleep and restlessness</indication>
      <indication>Nocturnal emissions or spermatorrhoea</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red and dry with scant or absent coat; pulse thin and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Cools the Blood and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Bleeding pushed out by Yin deficiency Heat, such as blood in the urine, abnormal uterine bleeding or heavy periods</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Menopausal complaints</indication>
      <indication>Post-menopausal uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Menorrhagia</indication>
      <indication>Metrorrhagia</indication>
      <indication>Prolonged menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Threatened miscarriage</indication>
      <indication>Premature ovarian failure, prevention</indication>
      <indication>Haemorrhage</indication>
      <indication>Haemoptysis</indication>
      <indication>Haematochezia</indication>
      <indication>Haematuria</indication>
      <indication>Aplastic anaemia</indication>
      <indication>Leukopenia</indication>
      <indication>Thrombocytopenia</indication>
      <indication>Hepatitis B</indication>
      <indication>Chronic hepatitis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic nephritis</indication>
      <indication>Prostatitis</indication>
      <indication>Spermatorrhoea</indication>
      <indication>Nocturnal emissions</indication>
      <indication>Coronary heart disease</indication>
      <indication>Palpitations</indication>
      <indication>Neurasthenia</indication>
      <indication>Insomnia</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness and blurry vision in older people</indication>
      <indication>Tourette syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Alopecia</indication>
      <indication>Prematurely grey hair</indication>
      <indication>Lumbago</indication>
      <indication>Painful obstruction</indication>
      <indication>Obesity</indication>
      <indication>Hyperglycaemia</indication>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>nu zhen zi</herb>
    <herb>han lian cao</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
