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Extinguishes Wind and stops spasms

Liver Heat generating Wind, with tremor, seizures or eclampsia Convulsions in children, and sudden spasms

Clears Liver Heat and calms Liver Yang

Liver Fire or rising Liver Yang with headache, dizziness, red eyes and irritability Hypertension (a more recent use) Upward-surging patterns from Liver Heat, combined with herbs that clear Heat and settle Yang

Releases the Exterior

Fever, headache and red eyes from Wind-Heat in the Exterior