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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">qing jing san</name>
    <name type="english">Clear the Menses Powder</name>
  </names>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and cools Blood</summary>
      <indication>Heat in the Blood, of excess or deficiency type</indication>
      <indication>Periods that come early, with heavy, thick flow that is dark red or purplish red and may smell bad</indication>
      <indication>Attacks of lower abdominal pain, with a stifling feeling in the epigastrium or abdomen</indication>
      <indication>Irritability, a burning feeling in the Heart region, and a red face</indication>
      <indication>Sore, weak lower back and knees</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red with a yellow coat; pulse slippery and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Purges Fire</summary>
      <indication>Thirst with a wish for cold drinks and a dry mouth</indication>
      <indication>Yellow urine and constipation with dry stools</indication>
      <indication>Possibly red eyes, mouth ulcers and nosebleeds</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Early menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Irregular menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Menorrhagia</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>mu dan pi</herb>
    <herb>Bai Shao</herb>
    <herb>shu di huang</herb>
    <herb>di gu pi</herb>
    <herb>qing hao</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>huang bai</herb>
  </constituents>
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