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Spreads and regulates Liver Qi

Constrained Liver Qi with pain or distension of the hypochondrium and abdomen, an oppressed chest, belching, hiccups and vomiting; it moves the stagnation well but eases pain only mildly Emotional problems with Liver Yin deficiency

Harmonises the Stomach, dries Damp and strengthens the Spleen

Stagnant Qi of the Spleen and Stomach: epigastric pain, fullness and distension, poor appetite, belching or vomiting Liver Qi stagnation invading the Stomach Stomach Qi stagnation with Yin deficiency

Regulates Lung Qi, transforms Phlegm and stops cough

Lingering subacute or chronic cough from Phlegm-Damp in the chest, with plenty of phlegm, above all when the cough will not settle and the chest hurts Only mildly Phlegm-resolving; not a choice for the opening days of a cough from an external pathogen