Promotes the movement of qi and alleviates pain: for a
stifling sensation in the chest, flank pain, and epigastric
and abdominal pain and distention due to constraint from
cold and qi stagnation. The herb warms and disperses, and
is effective in spreading and unblocking the qi dynamic.
It thereby smooths the flow of qi, facilitates the middle,
disperses cold, and stops pain in many areas. It is also
used when cold accumulation and qi stagnation manifest
in lower abdominal pain, bulging disorders, or menstrual
pain.
Warms the Kidneys: for urinary frequency or incontinence
due to insufficiency of Kidney yang and cold from deficiency of the Bladder.
Treatment Principles
Moves Qi Relieves Pain Warms the Kidneys Warms the Bladder