Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Stabilizes the Kidneys and secures the essence:  for leakage of fluids due to weak essence with such symptoms as urinary frequency, incontinence, spermatorrhea, and excessive sweating.*
• Stops excessive sweating and supports that which has collapsed:  for excessive sweating, especially in cases of devastated yang and collapsed qi, as in shock.  Also used when sweating was mistakenly induced as a treatment.*
• Tonifes and augments the Liver and Kidneys:  for Liver and Kidney deficiency with such symptoms as lightheadedness, dizziness , soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, or impotence.  This herb both tonifies the essence and assists the yang.*
• Stabilizes the menses and stops bleeding:  for deficiency patterns of excessive uterine bleeding and prolonged menstruation.  This has only a weak effect on the bleeding.*