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Warms the Middle Jiao and expels Cold

Cold invading the Spleen and Stomach from outside Deficiency Cold of the Spleen and Stomach, with Yang deficiency: a cold, painful epigastrium and abdomen, little appetite, nausea, vomiting and loose stools

Dispels Wind-Damp from the Lower Jiao

Wind-Cold-Damp Bi affecting the Lower Jiao

Rescues collapsed Yang and expels interior Cold

Collapse of Yang with icy limbs and a faint, barely palpable pulse, usually with Fu Zi, whose warmth it sustains for longer

Warms the Lungs and transforms thin fluids

Cold in the Lungs, with cough or wheezing and thin, watery sputum that is clear or white

Warms the channels and stops bleeding

Bleeding from deficiency Cold, above all uterine bleeding, used only when it is long-standing with pale blood, cold limbs, an ashen face and a thin, soggy pulse; the processed form Pao Jiang is preferred