Nature

Cold

Taste

Pungent, bitter and aromatic

Channels

Heart, Liver and Lungs

Daily dose

3-10 g

Tendency

Deep

Actions

• Moves the Blood
• Eliminates Blood stasis
• Moves and regulates the Qi
• Eliminates heat and Damp-Heat
• Cools the Blood

Applications

• Post-traumatic pain
• Abdominal masses
• Hypochondriac pain
• Haemorrhages
• Convulsions
• Jaundice
• Headache
• Depression

Contraindications

• Without signs of Qi stagnation and Blood stasis
• Yin deficiency after blood loss
• Pregnancy