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Tonifies and invigorates Blood

Blood deficiency and Blood stagnation together, or stagnation arising from deficient Blood Palpitations, dizziness or vertigo, blurred vision, ringing in the ears and poor sleep Pale, dull complexion with pale lips and nails; dry skin Tongue pale with a normal coat; pulse thin and weak, or thin and choppy

Breaks up Blood stagnation and regulates menstruation

Short cycles with early periods; heavy bleeding of sticky, dark purple blood, with or without clots Irregular periods with scanty flow, or absent periods; distention and pain may accompany menstruation Atrophy (Wei) disorder from Blood stagnation

Alleviates pain

Abdominal pain, including fixed pain in the lower abdomen

Modern uses

Irregular, painful, distended periods Dysmenorrhea Amenorrhea Scanty, late, early or prolonged menstruation Menorrhagia Endometriosis Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease Infertility Premature ovarian failure, including prevention Threatened miscarriage Postpartum weakness and anemia Premenstrual breast distention Fibrocystic breast disease Anemia Cerebral infarction Sequelae of stroke Senile dementia Migraine Headache Dizziness Vertigo Tinnitus Insomnia Trigeminal neuralgia Post-herpetic neuralgia Diabetic neuropathy Polyneuritis and acute infectious multiple neuritis Guillain-Barre disease Acute myelitis Multiple sclerosis Myasthenia gravis Progressive muscular dystrophy Sequelae of poliomyelitis Atrophy (Wei) syndrome Facial paralysis Hysterical paralysis Periodic paralysis Optic nerve atrophy Optic neuritis Cataract Glaucoma Hypertension Coronary artery disease Hyperlipidemia Diabetes Obesity Emphysema COPD Asthmatic bronchitis Bronchial asthma Chronic rhinitis Allergic rhinitis Sore throat Urticaria Eczema Dermatitis Acne Rosacea Chloasma Psoriasis Erythema nodosum Dermatosclerosis Scleroderma Skin Bi Keloid Herpes zoster Flat warts Measles Itching Dry skin Herniated lumbar disc Low back pain Wrist and hand pain Gout Bone fractures Cirrhosis of the liver Anicteric viral hepatitis Hemorrhoids Stomach cancer AIDS/HIV Abdominal pain Palpitations Weakness chuan xiong dang gui Bai Shao shu di huang tao ren hong hua