1. Warming the middle Jiao and sending down Qi

This drug is the main drug for treating hiccups due to cold of deficiency type. In treating vomitting and hiccups due to cold syndrome of the stomach, infantile vomitting of milk, etc., 1.5g of the drug, 5 Persimmon Calyxes, 9g of Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae and 9g of ginger can be decocted and taken; in treating vomitting, diarrhea and poor appetite due to cold of deficiency type of the spleen and stomach, the drug can be used with Fructus Amomi, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, etc.

2. Sending down Qi and relieving pain

In treating sensation of gas rushing with pain of the chest and abdomen, the drug can be used with Frutus Schisandrae and Rhizoma Zedoariae. In treating painful hernia in the hypogastrium due to cold, the drug can be used with Radix Aconiti Praeparata, Fructus Meliae Toosendan, Fructus Foeniculi, etc.

3. Warming the kidney to strengthen Yang

In treating cold feeling of external genitals, impotence, etc., the drug can be used with drugs for warming the kidney and strengthening Yang such as Bombyx mori (male), Fructus Foeniculi, Radix Aconiti Praeparata, Cortex Cinnamomi, etc. Besides, the drug powder can be used to treat female cracked nipple, being mixed with sesame oil and applied to the nipple.