Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower Jiao, drains Kidney Fire, drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity.

Clears Heat, drains Fire, nourishes Yin, clears Deficiency Fire, moistens Dryness, generates Fluids and quenches thirst.

With Huang Bai, clears Heat and Drains Fire for Yin Deficiency Fire and steaming Bone disorder from Yin Deficiency with night sweats, dizziness, and vertigo.

Nourishes Jing and Blood, strongly enriches Yin and fills the Marrow.

With Gui Ban, for dizziness, insomnia, tinnitus, forgetfulness, afternoon fevers, and night sweats due Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising. With Huang Bai and Zhi Mu, for Lower Jiao Wasting and Thirsting with Yin Deficiency Heat. With Gui Ban, Suo yang and Zhi Mu, for weakness and soreness of the knees due to Kidney Yin Deficiency Fire.

Nourishes Yin, anchors Yang,benefits the Kidneys, strengthens the bones, nourishes the Blood, enriches Yin and stabilizes the Chong and Ren channels.

Nourishes the Blood, astringes Yin, calms Liver Yang and Liver Wind and alleviates pain.

Dispels Wind-Dampness, controls pain and strengthens the sinews and bones.

Tonifies the Kidneys, benefits Jing and marrow, strengthens Yang, nourishes Liver Yin and Blood and strengthens sinews and bones.

With Shu Di Huang and Gui Ban, for soreness and weakness of the back and knees.

Warms the Middle, expels Cold and dispels Wind-Dampness seeping into the Lower Jiao.

Regulates Qi, adjusts the Middle, relieves the diaphragm, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.