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Invigorates Blood, dispels stasis, unblocks menstruation and promotes lactation

Absent or painful, obstructed periods from Blood stasis Breast milk that is scanty or blocked

Reduces swelling and expels pus

Abscesses, boils and toxic swellings: early on to disperse them before pus forms, and later to help sores that have not broken to drain Suppurating lesions, applied topically to help them heal

Expels Wind-Damp and unblocks the channels and collaterals

Wind-Damp Bi with pain, stiffness or spasm of the limbs, or pain so severe that bending and lifting are not possible Stubborn painful obstruction of the joints and channels