1 TASTE
Bitter and warm
2 MERIDIANS
Heart and spleen
3 FUNCTIONS
1. To invigorate blood and open the channels; 2. To stop pain
4 INDICATIONS
1. Blood stagnation manifested as dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain or swelling and pain due to external injuries. Siphonostgeia (Liu Ji Nu [3]) is used with Chinese angelica root (Dang Gui [4]), Corydalis tuber (Yan Hu Suo [5]) and Chuan Xiong [6] rhizome (Chuanxiong).2. Hemorrhages and pain due to external injuries. The powder of Siphonostegia (Liujinu) is used alone, externally.
5 DOSAGE
3-10 g
6 COUTIONS
The herb is contraindicated during pregnancy.
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