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

• Breaks up stagnant qi and reduces accumulations:  for epigastric or abdominal pain and distention or indigestion with focal distention or gas.  Can be used synergistically with Aurantii Fructus (Zhe Ke).*
• Transforms phlegm and expels focal distention:  for focal distention and fullness in the chest and epigastrium due to turbid phlegm obstructing and plugging the qi dynamic.*
• Also used with qi-tonifying herbs for gastriectasis, gastroptosis, rectal prolapse, or uterine prolapse.  Recently used to raise blood pressure.*