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Disperses Cold, expels Wind, overcomes Damp and stops pain

Chronic Wind-Cold-Damp Bi with fixed, severe, cold pain in the joints and limbs Cold pain of the abdomen, Cold hernia (Shan) pain, and pain of a Cold nature after traumatic injury Cold-Damp aches, numbness and swelling, treated externally; it is used mainly topically

Reduces swelling and treats abscesses and lesions

Yin-type sores Stubborn sores that will not come to a head Ulcerated sores that fail to heal