Latin Name: Radix Cyathulae

Properties: bitter, sour, neutral

Actions: eliminates blood stasis, stimulates menstrual discharge, promotes urination, expels wind damp, tonifies liver and kidney, directs fire and blood downward, strengthens tendon and bone

Medical Indications: gynecological disorders such as irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, difficult labor, musculoskeletal pain and trauma, hematuria, ulcers of the mouth, toothache, headache and dizziness, chronic backache, sore knees, atrophy and spasms of low back and lower extremities

Contraindications: not to be used during pregnancy, not to be used during excessive menstruation

Dosage: 3 to 10 grams

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