Actions/indications:
1. Warms the middle jiao: Sp/St cold syndrome – epigastric and abdominal coldness and
pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
2. Restores depleted yang: yang collapse – tonify yang, remove interior cold
3. Warms Lu, dissolves phlegm: accumulated cold and fluid in Lu causing cough,
wheezing, aversion to cold, profuse watery sputum
4. Warms channels, stops bleeding: bleeding caused by deficiency and cold – various
bleeding with pale color, pale tongue, thready pulse
5. Dispels cold and dampness: heaviness, coldness and pain in the back and lower body
Contraindication: internal heat from yin deficiency, heat in blood, and use caution during
pregnancy
