The functions of licorice in traditional Chinese medicine include tonifying the spleen and nourishing qi, clearing heat and detoxifying, dispelling phlegm and cough, relieving pain, and harmonizing various medicines. Used for spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue, palpitations and shortness of breath, coughing and phlegm accumulation, abdominal and limb spasms, acute pain, and abscesses and sores.
The functions of Paeonia lactiflora in traditional Chinese medicine include nourishing blood and regulating meridians, tonifying yin and stopping sweating, softening the liver and relieving pain, and calming liver yang. Used for blood deficiency and yellowing, menstrual disorders, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, rib pain, abdominal pain, limb spasms, headache and dizziness.
The functions of burdock seeds in traditional Chinese medicine include dispersing wind and heat, promoting lung and rash penetration, detoxifying and promoting throat function. Used for wind heat cold, cough with excessive phlegm, measles, rubella, sore throat, cheek heat, erysipelas, and boils and sores.
The functions of wood fragrance in traditional Chinese medicine include promoting qi circulation, relieving pain, strengthening the spleen, and promoting digestion. Used for chest and abdominal distension and pain, severe diarrhea, persistent food accumulation, and lack of appetite. Braised wood fragrance astringent intestines to stop diarrhea. Used for diarrhea and abdominal pain.
The functions of yam in traditional Chinese medicine include nourishing the spleen and stomach, generating fluids and benefiting the lungs, and tonifying the kidneys and astringent essence. Used for spleen deficiency with insufficient food intake, persistent diarrhea, lung deficiency with wheezing and coughing, kidney deficiency with nocturnal emissions, diarrhea, frequent urination, and deficiency heat to quench thirst. Stir fried yam with bran can nourish the spleen and stomach.
The functions of rhubarb in traditional Chinese medicine include purging and attacking accumulation, clearing heat and fire, cooling blood and detoxifying, removing blood stasis and promoting menstruation, and promoting dampness and reducing jaundice. Used for constipation caused by excessive heat accumulation, blood heat vomiting and bleeding, redness of the eyes and throat swelling, carbuncles and sores, abdominal pain caused by intestinal abscess, obstruction of blood stasis meridian, postpartum blood stasis, traumatic injury, damp heat dysentery, jaundice and red urine, gonorrhea, edema; External treatment for burns and scalds.
The role of jujube in traditional Chinese medicine includes tonifying the middle and nourishing qi, nourishing blood and calming the mind. Used for spleen deficiency, insufficient food intake, fatigue, and loose stools.
The functions of Gardenia jasminoides in traditional Chinese medicine include clearing fire and eliminating annoyance, clearing heat and dampness, cooling blood and detoxifying; External application for reducing swelling and relieving pain. Used for restlessness caused by fever, jaundice caused by damp heat, astringency and pain caused by gonorrhea, vomiting and bleeding due to blood heat, redness and swelling in the eyes, and ulcers caused by fire toxin; External treatment for torsion, contusion, and pain.
The functions of Chaihu in traditional Chinese medicine include dispersing and reducing fever, soothing the liver and relieving depression, and elevating yang qi. Used for cold and fever, cold and heat exchange, chest and rib pain, menstrual disorders, uterine prolapse, and prolapse.