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Invigorates and nourishes Blood, dispels stasis, regulates menstruation and relieves pain

Blood stasis, especially gynaecological: abdominal pain, absent or painful periods, dizziness or pain after childbirth, retained lochia and abdominal masses Traumatic injury Sores and carbuncles that have not formed pus, and dark purple erythema Measles rash that fails to come out fully Chest Bi from Blood stasis

Opens the channels

Joint pain or paralysis from Blood stasis blocking the channels