Property, Flavour: Warm, pungent.

1. Common cold due to wind-cold pathogens manifested as headache, stuffy nose, etc.
2. Headache, toothache, especially pain in the forehead and superciliary region:
1. Headache due to pathogenic wind: as in Chuanxiong Mixture (Chuanxiong Cha Tiao San).
2. Headache caused by stuffy nose and rhinorrhea: as in Xanthium Powder (Cangerzi San).
3. Toothache due to wind-fire: with gypsum.
4. Toothache due to wind-cold: with asarum.
3. For various infections on body surface.
4. For leukorrhagia:

1. Cold-dampness with profuse clear and thin leukorrhea: with white atractylodes rhizome, poria and cuttle-bone.
2. Damp-heat with foul yellow think leukorrhagia: with phellodendron bark, plantain seed, etc.
5. Stomachache: with liquorice, as in Decoction of Dahurian Angelica and Liquorice (Baizhi Gancao Tang).

Dosage: 3-10g, decocted in water for oral doses.