Pungent and bitter in flavour, slightly cold in nature, acting on the heart channel, liver channel and urinary bladder channel. Pungent for dispersing and bitter for purging, the drug has mild actions of promoting blood circulation to regulate menstruation, removing blood stasis to promote the growth of new tissue. Its slight coldness can clear heat. It is applicable in treatment of irregular menstruation due to accumulation of heat in the blood division , postpartum tormina due to blood stasis, and traumatic ecchymosis and pain. Because of its tropism to Urinary Bladder channel, it can subside edema by inducing diuresis and be used to treat edema and difficulty in urination.
Action:
1. For treatment of irregular menstruation caused by stasis in the blood division of women, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea
2. For treatment of edema, difficulty in urination with stagnant heat.
3. It can also be used to treat skin sore and carbuncle caused by noxious heat, by its effect of clearing away heat and toxins.
4. To treat amenorrhea (abnormal absence or suppression of menses), dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation) and obstructed menstruation due to blood stasis, postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis and qi stagnation, etc.