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Settles and calms the Shen with its weight

Palpitations with anxiety, restlessness and poor sleep from an agitated Heart and Shen

Calms the Liver, benefits Yin and anchors floating Yang

Restlessness, irritability, palpitations and spontaneous sweating from Liver Yin deficiency with rising Liver Yang, or Yin deficiency with internal Heat Yin deficiency with Yang rising: dizziness, headache, a red flushed face, irritability, blurred vision and ringing in the ears

Prevents leakage of fluids

Unremitting sweating after a febrile illness or with steaming bone disorder Leakage from deficiency: spermatorrhea or nocturnal emissions, vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding, and night or spontaneous sweating

Softens hardness and dissipates nodules

Lumps of many kinds, above all in the neck, such as goiter, scrofula and swollen lymph nodes

Absorbs acid and relieves pain (calcined)

Acid stomach pain with sourness in the mouth