Settles anxiety and calms the Spirit=> for emotional distress, restlessness, insomnia, palpitations with anxiety, or even seizures or withdrawal-mania due to an agitated Heart and Spirit.
Calms the Liver and anchors and preserves the floating yang=> for irritability, restlessness, dizziness, vertigo, blurred vision, and bad temper due to Liver yin deficiency with deficient yang transgressing upward.
Prevents leakage of fluids=> for loss of fluids due to deficiency including spermatorrhea, nightsweats, spontaneous sweating, nocturnal emissions, vaginal discharge, and uterine bleeding.
Used topically (calcined and powdered) for chronic, non-healing sores and ulcers.
Treatment Principles
Calms the Spirit Augments Heart Qi Nourishes Heart Blood Tonifies Lung Qi Transforms Phlegm Stops Cough and Wheezing Tonifies Qi and Nourishes Blood
Contraindication
Contraindicated in those with damp-heat or externally-contracted excess disorders.
Dosages
15-30g; should be cooked first when used in decoctions