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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">qing re zhi beng tang</name>
    <name type="english">Clear Heat and Stop Excessive Uterine Bleeding Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Heat and Stop Bleeding</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and cools Blood</summary>
      <indication>Heat in the Blood entering the Liver channel and driving Blood out of the vessels, usually on a base of Yin deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Dry mouth, parched lips and thirst, with a tendency to irritability</indication>
      <indication>Tongue normal with a yellow coat; pulse rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Uterine flooding and spotting: sudden, heavy bleeding of bright red blood, or persistent spotting</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Yin</summary>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Metrorrhagia</indication>
      <indication>Dysfunctional uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Menorrhagia</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>zhi zi</herb>
    <herb>huang qin</herb>
    <herb>huang bai</herb>
    <herb>sheng di huang</herb>
    <herb>mu dan pi</herb>
    <herb>di yu</herb>
    <herb>ce bai ye (tan)</herb>
    <herb>chun gen bai pi</herb>
    <herb>duan gui ban</herb>
    <herb>Bai Shao</herb>
  </constituents>
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