Effects: Replenishing blood and tonifying Yin.

Indications:

1. For blood deficiency syndrome manifested as pale, dizziness, tinitus, palpitation, insomnia, irregular menstruation, it is often used together with Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizome Ligustici Chuanxiong and Radix Paeoniae Alba to enrich blood and regulate menstruation, as in Decoction of Four Ingredients (Siwu Tang).

2. For Yin-deficiency of both the liver and kidney marked by lassitude of the loins and legs, dizziness, tinitus, night sweat, spermatorrhea, fever due to Yin-deficiency, it is often used with Rhizoma Dioscorear, Fructus Corni, Cortex Moutan Radicis, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae to nourish Yin, replenish kidney, clear away heat and reduce ministerial fire, as in Bolus of Six Herbs Including Rehmannia (Liuwei Dihuang Wan).

Besides, it can also be used to treat diabetes with internal heat.