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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">zhen ling dan</name>
    <name type="english">rouse the Spirit Special Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Stabilize the Womb</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Stops bleeding and stops vaginal discharge</summary>
      <indication>Abnormal uterine bleeding (beng lou) that goes on and on, either gushing or dripping</indication>
      <indication>Blood purplish red to purplish black, with or without clots</indication>
      <indication>Uterine bleeding from Heart and Kidney deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Leukorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Long-standing diarrhea or dysentery</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness, low back pain and night sweats</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Dissolves Blood stasis</summary>
      <indication>Stasis of Blood in the uterus on a base of cold, depleted Chong and Ren vessels</indication>
      <indication>Lower abdominal pain worse for pressure, relieved when clots come out</indication>
      <indication>Tongue dark purple, perhaps with stasis spots, coat normal; pulse deep, thin and wiry</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Metrorrhagia and abnormal uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Threatened miscarriage</indication>
      <indication>Habitual miscarriage</indication>
      <indication>Vaginal discharge</indication>
      <indication>Chronic diarrhea</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>yu liang shi</herb>
    <herb>zi shi ying</herb>
    <herb>chi shi zhi</herb>
    <herb>dai zhe shi</herb>
    <herb>ru xiang</herb>
    <herb>mo yao</herb>
    <herb>wu ling zhi</herb>
    <herb>zhu sha</herb>
  </constituents>
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