Tiger Balm has the efficacy of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, clearing heat and removing dampness (removing heat and dampness from the body), and detoxifying.
The effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis is mostly used in the treatment of bruises, amenorrhea and obstruction in the abdomen. It is used in conjunction with motherwort and safflower for treating amenorrhea with blood stasis. It is also used for treating bruises and injuries by combining with Panax ginseng and Angelica sinensis.
Clearing heat and inducing dampness is often used in the treatment of damp-heat jaundice, rheumatism-heat paralysis (often manifested as burning, pain, redness and swelling of joints and muscles) and joint pain. It is used for treating rheumatism-heat paralysis, and is usually taken together with Chicken Blood Vine and Elongated Tendon Grass. It is used in the treatment of damp-heat jaundice with Huanglian and Yin Chen.
It has the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins (removing heat and toxins from the body), and is often used in the treatment of lung-heat cough and coughing with much phlegm and wheezing, together with Scutellaria Baicalensis and Fritillariae Vulgaris. Used for burns, sores and poison, snake bites, etc., can be used directly with the fresh product pounded and applied externally.
The drug should be taken under the guidance of a professional physician to avoid adverse consequences.