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Tonifies Kidney Yang

Kidney Yang deficiency: fatigue, impotence, cold limbs, light-headedness, ringing in the ears, frequent copious clear urine, and a sore, weak lower back and knees Deep Cold and exhaustion with aversion to cold

Warms Yang, regulates the Chong and Ren and secures the Dai vessel

Uterine bleeding or thin, clear vaginal discharge from Deficiency Cold, with weakness of the Chong, Ren and Dai vessels Infertility from a cold uterus; may be used on its own

Tonifies the Du vessel, replenishes Jing and Blood, and strengthens sinews, bones and marrow

Depleted Jing and Blood with dizziness, ringing in the ears and profound fatigue Developmental problems in children from Jing and Blood deficiency: failure to thrive, poor growth, late walking, late teething or late closure of the fontanel, intellectual and learning difficulties, and skeletal deformity such as rickets Weak, brittle bones from a constitutional deficiency Fractures that fail to knit, with Kidney deficiency and exhausted Jing; may be used on its own

Tonifies Qi and Blood and heals chronic Yin-type sores

Qi and Blood deficiency Chronic Yin-type boils and ulcers that will not heal, especially in very deficient, cold patients; may be used on its own