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Regulates Qi, invigorates Blood and reduces food stagnation

Swelling and palpable lumps in the abdomen from Blood stasis Abdominal distension with constipation Indigestion after overeating meat Pain from Cold in the Heart region and abdomen Distending pain of the chest and abdomen

Clears Heat

Fever Dysentery and enteritis Malaria

Kills parasites

Intestinal parasites, including roundworm

Resolves and expels Cold Phlegm

Chronic bronchitis Croup and whooping cough (pertussis)

Regulates the uterus

Amenorrhea Spasmodic menstrual pain