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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">jiao ai tang</name>
    <name type="english">Ass-Hide Gelatin and Mugwort Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonify and Stop Bleeding</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes and warms Blood and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Deficiency and cold of the Chong and Ren vessels, so that they cannot hold the Blood</indication>
      <indication>Spleen failing to control Blood</indication>
      <indication>Uterine bleeding; heavy periods, or periods that go on spotting</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding after childbirth or after abortion</indication>
      <indication>Blood pale and thin with no clots</indication>
      <indication>Faint, flat, light red eruptions (Yin maculae) from deficient Blood with Cold</indication>
      <indication>Tongue pale with a thin white or moist whitish coat; pulse thin and weak or frail</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Regulates menstruation and warms the uterus</summary>
      <indication>Cold, aching pain of the lower abdomen</indication>
      <indication>Low back sore and weak; legs weak and painful</indication>
      <indication>Weakness and dizziness; complexion dull or pale</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Calms the fetus and prevents miscarriage</summary>
      <indication>Restless fetus, with or without bleeding while pregnant</indication>
      <indication>Repeated miscarriage</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Threatened miscarriage, including with vaginal bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Habitual miscarriage</indication>
      <indication>Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain during pregnancy</indication>
      <indication>Menorrhagia</indication>
      <indication>Metrorrhagia</indication>
      <indication>Functional or abnormal uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Prolonged menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Irregular menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Dysmenorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Postpartum uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Prolonged lochia</indication>
      <indication>Endometritis</indication>
      <indication>Endometriosis</indication>
      <indication>Infertility</indication>
      <indication>Uterine cancer</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding due to injuries</indication>
      <indication>Hemoptysis</indication>
      <indication>Epistaxis</indication>
      <indication>Hemophthalmia</indication>
      <indication>Hematuria</indication>
      <indication>Blood in the stool</indication>
      <indication>Rectal bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Hemorrhoidal bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Intestinal bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding peptic ulcer</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding duodenal ulcer</indication>
      <indication>Colitis</indication>
      <indication>Ulcerative colitis</indication>
      <indication>Crohn&apos;s disease</indication>
      <indication>Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura</indication>
      <indication>Anaphylactic purpura</indication>
      <indication>Purpura</indication>
      <indication>Yin maculae</indication>
      <indication>Anemia</indication>
      <indication>Chronic leukemia</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness</indication>
      <indication>Vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Fatigue</indication>
      <indication>Weakness</indication>
      <indication>Low back pain</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain</indication>
      <indication>Dyspnea</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>e jiao</herb>
    <herb>ai ye</herb>
    <herb>sheng di huang</herb>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>chuan xiong</herb>
    <herb>shao yao</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
