What are the effects of Wicker Balsam?
Picker's Bark has the effect of warming the middle and dispersing cold, lowering qi and relieving pain. It can be used in treating the symptoms of coldness in the spleen and stomach, or cold and dampness trapping the spleen, resulting in distention and fullness in the epigastric region, vomiting and diarrhea, and abdominal pain and intestinal tinnitus. It is often used in combination with atractylodes, nutmeg and dry ginger, such as Wicker Welfare. It can also be used in the treatment of caries pressure pain, wind-cold headache, sinusitis and so on. Nowadays, pharmacological studies have shown that Pickerel has the effects of lowering total cholesterol, improving coronary blood supply, antiarrhythmic, sedative, analgesic and antipyretic. Recently, there are also reports on the application of Pickerel in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and mastitis. Pickerel is hot and pungent in nature, with the effects of warming the middle and dispersing cold, lowering the qi, relieving pain, awakening the spleen and opening the stomach, and can effectively treat patients with spleen and stomach coldness, inability to think of food and drink, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, vomiting and regurgitation of acidity, intestinal sounding and diarrhea.