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Releases the Exterior and disperses Cold

Wind-Cold attacking the surface of someone whose interior was already cold and congested Chills and fever with no sweating, headache, aching body, and stiffness of the neck and back

Warms the Interior

Cold in the middle: cold pain of the epigastrium and abdomen, rumbling intestines with diarrhea or loose stools Possible Cold below with Heat above Cold congealing in the vessels, giving irregular or painful periods

Regulates Qi and transforms Phlegm and Damp

The five accumulations of Cold, Damp, Qi, Blood and Phlegm, along with retained food Fullness of the chest and abdomen, abdominal bloating, nausea and vomiting, poor appetite or dislike of food Tongue with a white greasy coat; pulse deep and wiry, deep and slow, or floating and slow

Invigorates the Blood and reduces accumulations

Aching of the lower back, and sciatic pain

Modern uses

Common cold, including in the elderly and with digestive upset Recurrent upper respiratory infection Cough Bronchitis COPD Asthma Gastritis, including chronic gastritis Gastroenteritis Acute or chronic enteritis Gastric spasm Peptic ulcer Acid reflux Anorexia Abdominal pain Abdominal fullness and distention Biliary infection Congestive hepatomegaly Hernia Neuralgia Trigeminal neuralgia Sciatica Lumbago and low back pain Neck pain and stiffness Headache Arthralgia and panarthralgia Arthritis Rheumatism Gout Painful obstruction Injury from falls Irregular menstruation Dysmenorrhea Endometritis Hysteromyoma Candidiasis Valvular disease Beriberi Chronic malaria Gu syndrome Vegetative neurosis ma huang bai zhi gan jiang rou gui cang zhu hou po chen pi ban xia fu ling jie geng zhi ke dang gui Bai Shao chuan xiong zhi gan cao