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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">si sheng wan</name>
    <name type="english">Four-Fresh Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Heat and Stop Bleeding</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Cools the Blood</summary>
      <indication>Excess Heat in the Blood level of the upper body forcing Blood out of the vessels</indication>
      <indication>Heat drying the fluids: dry mouth and throat, with thirst</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red or deep red with a yellow coat; pulse wiry, rapid and forceful</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Sudden, often heavy bleeding of bright or deep red blood: coughing or spitting up blood, vomiting blood, nosebleed or bleeding gums</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Pulmonary tuberculosis</indication>
      <indication>Bronchiectasis</indication>
      <indication>Peptic ulcer</indication>
      <indication>Acute gastritis</indication>
      <indication>Hematemesis</indication>
      <indication>Epistaxis</indication>
      <indication>Gingivitis</indication>
      <indication>Periodontitis</indication>
      <indication>Allergic purpura</indication>
      <indication>Thrombocytopenic purpura</indication>
      <indication>Metrorrhagia</indication>
      <indication>Functional uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Habitual miscarriage</indication>
      <indication>Hypertension</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>ce bai ye</herb>
    <herb>xian di huang</herb>
    <herb>he ye</herb>
    <herb>ai ye</herb>
  </constituents>
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