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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">gu ben zhi beng tang</name>
    <name type="english">Stabalize the Root and Stop Excessive Uterine Bleeding Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonify the Qi and Blood</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies the Blood and augments Qi</summary>
      <indication>Spleen failing to govern the Blood</indication>
      <indication>Lightheadedness, fatigue and shortness of breath with a stifling feeling in the chest</indication>
      <indication>Cold extremities and loose stools</indication>
      <indication>Pale, shiny complexion with slight puffiness of the face</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Uterine bleeding that comes on suddenly and heavily</indication>
      <indication>Uterine bleeding that drags on as constant spotting</indication>
      <indication>Menstrual blood thin, watery and pale</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale, swollen and tooth-marked with a thin white coat; pulse thin and frail, or hollow</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Sudden, severe uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Metrorrhagia</indication>
      <indication>Persistent uterine bleeding, spotting continuously</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>shu di huang</herb>
    <herb>bai zhu</herb>
    <herb>ren shen</herb>
    <herb>huang qi</herb>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>pao jiang</herb>
  </constituents>
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