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Releases the Exterior and disperses Cold

Exterior Wind-Cold-Damp: chills and fever, headache, and a body that aches and feels heavy Wind-Cold complicated by Damp, with joint pain, heaviness, sleepiness or pain at the back of the head

Expels Wind-Cold-Damp, unblocks Bi and relieves pain

Upper-body Wind-Cold-Damp Bi: aching, stiff arms, shoulders, upper back and occiput

Guides Qi to the Tai Yang and Du channels

Channel guide: in smaller amounts it leads a formula to the Tai Yang and Du vessels, toward the neck, upper back and occiput