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Dispels Wind and warms the channels

Windstroke from outside Wind-Cold striking the channels of someone with weak Upright Qi, Yang and Blood; Wind-Damp-Phlegm Sudden one-sided paralysis, facial asymmetry with deviated mouth and eyes, and slow, slurred speech or stiff tongue Fever and chills

Unblocks Yang and relaxes spasms

Stiff neck, stiff body, convulsions and muscle spasm, with limited joint movement Numb muscles and skin, and low back pain Clouded or lost consciousness, or mild disorientation

Supports the Upright Qi

Tongue pale with a thin white coat; pulse floating and deficient, tight, or wiry and tight

Modern uses

Windstroke, apoplexy and stroke (cerebrovascular accident, cerebral thrombosis, cerebromalacia) and its after-effects Hemiplegia Monoplegia Paralysis Aphasia Convulsions Numbness Facial paralysis, central and peripheral Neuralgia Neuritis Migraine Rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatoid spondylitis Chronic gouty arthritis Hyperplastic arthritis Arthritis Arthralgia and panarthralgia Rheumatism Wind-Damp and wandering painful obstruction Low back pain Hypertension Edema Fever Urticaria Asthma ma huang chuan xiong guang fang ji xing ren fang feng sheng jiang ren shen zhi fu zi rou gui shao yao huang qin gan cao