1. The herb is often used in combination with corydalis tuber, cinnamom twig, Chinese angelica root and other herbs for promoting Qi circulation, dispersing cold, regulating menstruation and alleviating pain, to treat cold accumulation, Qi stagnation, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and amenia; with common fennel fruit, aucklandia root and evodia fruit for warming the liver, dispersing cold, promoting Qi circulation and alleviating pain, to treat accumulation of cold in the liver chdannel, abdominal colic due to invasion of cold and abdominal pain; and with galangal rhizome, aucklandia root, corydalis tuber and other herbs for warming the middle jiao, dispersing cold, promoting Qi circulation and alleviating pain, to treat cold accumulation, Qi stagnation, distending pain in the stomach, incoordination between the spleen and stomach, anorexia and vomiting.

2. To treat cold of insufficiency type in the lower jiao, hypofunction of the urinary bladder with cold syndrome, frequent urination or incontinence of bitter cardamon for warming the kidney and arresting polyuria, such as Suoquan Pill.