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Nourishes the Blood

Liver Blood deficiency: pale, lustreless face, pale lips and nails, and dry skin and hair Dizziness, vertigo, blurred vision and ringing in the ears from Blood not reaching the head and eyes Palpitations and poor sleep Sometimes heat in the palms, soles and chest, or fever Tongue pale, or purple or dusky; pulse thready and wiry, or thready and choppy

Regulates the Liver

Internal Wind from deficient Liver Blood: tension throughout the muscles, tremors and tics

Regulates menstruation

Deficiency of the Chong and Ren vessels: periods that are irregular, late or absent, with scanty flow Heavy periods, spotting of pale blood, or bleeding after childbirth Restless fetus with bleeding, and postpartum weakness Dull, dragging pain with periods Sometimes vaginal discharge

Improves Blood circulation

Blood stagnation arising from Blood deficiency: pain around the navel or in the lower abdomen, a firm and painful abdomen Hard masses in the abdomen with pain that comes back Bouts of chills and fever

Modern uses

Primary dysmenorrhea Menstrual pain Irregular menstruation Early menstruation Late menstruation Scanty menstruation Amenorrhea Menorrhagia Uterine bleeding Premenstrual syndrome Endometriosis Pelvic inflammatory disease Vaginal discharge Vaginitis Infertility Ectopic pregnancy Threatened miscarriage Fetal restlessness Breech presentation Postpartum weakness Postpartum anemia Postpartum abdominal pain Postpartum clots or bleeding Puerperal fever Lochiorrhea Lochioschesis Insufficient lactation Anemia Abdominal masses Gastralgia Constipation Vascular headache Neurogenic headache Headache due to trauma Unilateral pain Dizziness Vertigo Tinnitus Insomnia Palpitations Neurasthenia Neurosis Fatigue Chronic fatigue syndrome Hypotension Parkinson's disease Paresthesia Numbness Calf spasm Lumbago Sciatica Periarthritis of the shoulder Panarthralgia Urticaria Eczema Dermatitis Psoriasis Rosacea Itching Dry skin Dry hair Dandruff Allergic rhinitis Chronic laryngitis Chronic tonsillitis Cataracts Optic atrophy Chronic nephritis Addison's disease Systemic lupus erythematosus AIDS/HIV Fever shu di huang Bai Shao dang gui chuan xiong