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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">shun jing tang</name>
    <name type="english">Smooth the Menses Decoction</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Heat and Stop Bleeding</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Yin and moistens the Lungs</summary>
      <indication>Deficiency Fire from depleted Yin of the Lungs and Kidneys</indication>
      <indication>Face that loses its color after heavy bleeding</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and cools the Blood</summary>
      <indication>Nosebleed or coughing of blood before or during the period</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain just before the period</indication>
      <indication>Heartburn, a bitter taste and thirst</indication>
      <indication>Irascibility and distention below the ribs</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red with a thin yellow coat; pulse wiry and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Vicarious menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Hemoptysis</indication>
      <indication>Epistaxis</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>shu di huang</herb>
    <herb>Bai Shao</herb>
    <herb>mu dan pi</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>sha shen</herb>
    <herb>jing jie</herb>
  </constituents>
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