Xiang Fu has the effects of regulating menstruation and relieving pain, detoxifying the liver and relieving depression, regulating qi and relaxing the middle (regulating the qi of the spleen and stomach), which can improve the symptoms of liver depression and stagnation of qi in the spleen and stomach, etc. White peony has the effects of calming the liver yang, nourishing the blood and regulating menstruation, softening sweating to relieve pain and astringing the yin and stopping sweating (astringing the yin and decreasing the sweating), which can improve the symptoms of blood deficiency and atrophy, and the pain of the contracture of the limbs.
Xiang Fu, with flat nature, pungent, slightly bitter and slightly sweet flavor, belongs to the liver, spleen and San Jiao meridians. Combined with Chaihu and Citrus aurantium, it is effective in treating distension and pain in the abdomen and ribs caused by stagnation of liver and stagnation of qi; combined with galangal, it can treat pain in the stomach and epigastric region caused by stagnation of cold and stagnation of qi and liver qi in violation of the stomach. It is also effective in treating cold hernia and abdominal pain (acute abdominal pain caused by internal cold and wind-cold) and menstrual disorders.
White peony, which belongs to the liver and spleen meridians, is used in combination with Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata and Radix Angelicae Sinensis to treat deficiency of liver and blood, menstrual disorders, and vertigo and palpitations; and with Chai Hu and Radix Angelicae Sinensis, it is effective in treating disorders of the liver and spleen, and pain in the contractures of the limbs. It can also be used to treat hyperactivity of liver yang (liver yang is strong, causing dizziness, dizziness, headache and other symptoms), spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, sweating is aggravated by the slightest movement) and so on.
Xiangsu and Paeonia lactiflora are not to be used indiscriminately, and if they are to be used, they must be guided by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.