The functions and effects of incense include moving qi and relieving pain (relieving pain by regulating the body’s qi), warming the stomach and stopping vomiting (treating vomiting caused by stomach cold by warming the spleen and stomach), etc. Sandalwood’s functions and effects include moving qi and regulating the middle and opening the stomach and relieving pain.
Shenxiang has the effect of moving qi to relieve pain, warming the stomach to stop vomiting, and calming asthma (astringing qi to relieve coughing and wheezing). It is mainly used in the treatment of renal deficiency caused by cold condensation and stagnation of qi (the deficiency of renal qi and the inability to take in lung qi, which can lead to shortness of breath and asthma, and when it is moved, it will wheeze even though it is sweating, and it will exhale too much and inhale too little, etc.), distension of the chest and abdomen, and vomiting caused by gastric cold. It should be used with caution in those with yin deficiency and fire exuberance, and those with qi deficiency and subsidence.
Sandalwood is mainly used in the treatment of cold condensation and stagnation of qi, chest paralysis (chest tightness and pain), heart pain, pain in the epigastric region (stomach and abdomen), and vomiting with little food. It should be noted that it should be contraindicated in people with yin deficiency and fire exuberance, with blood moving to cause coughing.
The adverse effects of the above drugs are not known. Patients with discomfort are advised to consult a doctor in a timely manner, and specific medication should be administered under the guidance of a specialist, not without authorization.