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Securing the menses
固经 〔固經〕 gù jīng
A method of treatment that addresses persistent flooding and spotting. Securing the menses treats the tip rather than the root of flooding and spotting.
Medicinal therapy: Among medicinals used are general blood-stanching medicinals like ass hide glue (Asini Corii Colla, 阿胶 ē jiāo), dried/fresh rehmannia (Rehmanniae Radix, 生地黄 shēng dì huáng), and agrimony (Agrimoniae Herba, 仙鹤草 xiān hè cǎo), and securing astringents like ox horn bone (Bovis Cornus Os, 牛角腮 niú jiǎo sāi), limonite (Limonitum, 禹余粮 yǔ yú liáng), halloysite (Halloysitum Rubrum, 赤石脂 chì shí zhī), and fluorite (Amethystum seu Fluoritum, 紫石英 zǐ shí yīng). A representative menses-securing formula is