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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">niu huang shang qing wan</name>
    <name type="english">Cattle gallstone pill to ascend and clear</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear heat and Relieve Toxicity</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and relieves toxicity</summary>
      <indication>Toxic Wind-Heat</indication>
      <indication>Throat and gums that are swollen and painful, with toothache</indication>
      <indication>Sores and ulcers on the tongue and in the mouth</indication>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Releases Wind-Heat from the exterior</summary>
      <indication>Headache with reddened eyes, dizziness and ringing in the ears</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red with prickles and a yellow coat; pulse rapid, or floating and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Blepharitis</indication>
      <indication>Conjunctivitis</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Acute pharyngitis</indication>
      <indication>Sore throat</indication>
      <indication>Acute gingivitis</indication>
      <indication>Acute tonsillitis</indication>
      <indication>Red eyes</indication>
      <indication>Hypertension</indication>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
      <indication>Labial herpes</indication>
      <indication>Mouth ulcer</indication>
      <indication>Stomatitis</indication>
      <indication>Toothache</indication>
      <indication>Tinnitus</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>huang lian</herb>
    <herb>huang qin</herb>
    <herb>huang bai</herb>
    <herb>zhi zi</herb>
    <herb>niu huang</herb>
    <herb>bing pian</herb>
    <herb>da huang</herb>
    <herb>lian qiao</herb>
    <herb>shi gao</herb>
    <herb>ju hua</herb>
    <herb>fang feng</herb>
    <herb>jing jie</herb>
    <herb>bai zhi</herb>
    <herb>chuan xiong</herb>
    <herb>jie geng</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
    <herb>bo he</herb>
    <herb>chi shao</herb>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>lian xin</herb>
    <herb>xiong huang</herb>
  </constituents>
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