Description

Description
frequently fusiform, some somewhat curved, 2~3.5 Cm long, 0.5~1 Cm in diameter. Externally dark brown or blackish-brown, longitudinally wrinkled and with 6~10 slightly prominent, annular nodes with brown fibrous matter and remaining root-scars; or slightly smooth and exhibiting indistinct annular rodes with the fibrous matter completely removed. Texture hard, fracture hard, fracture of steamed rhizomes appearing yellowish-brown or reddish-brown, horny; fracture of the unsteamed ones white and starchy, an endodermis ring obvious, stele darkened in colour, with scattered dotted vascular bundles. Odour, aromatic; taste, slightly bitter.

action
to remove stagnation of qi, regulate menstruation and relieve pain.
indications
stagnation of the liver qi characterized by distending pain in the chest, hypochondria and epigastrium, indigestion, feeling of stuffiness in the chest and epigastrium, abdominal colic, distending pain in the breast, menstrual disorders, amenorrhea of dysmenorrhea.

referential advice

1. Soothing the liver and regulating flow of qi.

in treating stuffy chest and hypochondrium, pain of the epigastrium and abdomen, etc. Due to depression of liver-qi, the drug is often used in combination with other drugs for regulating flow of qi.

2. Regulating menstruation to relieve pain:

it is a chief drug for irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea, and is especially effective when the diseases are due to depression of liver-qi. It is often used in combination with radix angelicae sinensis, rhizoma ligustici chuanxiong, radix paeoniae or folium artemisiae argyi, etc.

this statement has not been evaluated by the food and drug administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Unless used under instructions by a licensed herbalist.