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1.
Promoting blood and qi circulation.
It is
usually prescribed for patients with irregular menstruation,
amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, retention of placenta, dystocia,
etc. The drug serves as one of the key medicinal herbs in
the treatment of woman diseases. However, it can not be used
for long. It is also prescribed for patients with stagnant
swelling caused by injury, hypochondriac pain due to depressed
qi, carbuncles and boil. In recent years, it is applied
to the treatment of coronary heart disease and angina pectoris.
2. Dispelling
pathogenic wind and relieving pain.
The herb
is often prescribed for patients with headache, body pain
and arthritis. This is a nice medicine for headache and usually
used together with other materia medical to treat headache,
migraine and overall headache caused by pathogenic wind and
cold, or headache due to pathogenic wind-heat. It is also
applied in the treatment of arthralgia due to wind-cold dampness,
muscular contracture and pain of the limbs.
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