Aromatherapy Functions in Chinese Medicine
Dispels Pathogens; Fights Infection: genito-urinary infections, respiratory infections, cough, asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough.

Calms and Frees the Spirit; Normalizes the Hun/Perspective; Breaks Habits: irritability, loss of concentration, nervous tension, anxiety, obsessive thoughts, depression, panic and hysteria, mental overwhelm; frustration, irritability, shyness and embarrassment, self-conscious reserve.

Rectifies the Skin and Hair: itching, acne, dermatitis, psoriasis, eczema, skin allergies, pruritis; hair loss. Clears Heat and Heals Burns; Antidotes Poison: burns, hot skin conditions, scalds, nettle rash.

Promotes Eruptions: eruptive fevers, measles, chickenpox.

Promotes Tissue Repair: wounds (kills pain in wounds and burns as well as heals and regenerates the skin without leaving a scar), ulcers, bruises, gangrene.

Benefits Heart Qi, Heart Spirit and Heart Yang: insomnia, palpitations, tachycardia, arrhythmia, high blood pressure; cold limbs, hypothermia, blue lips and tongue.

Disperses Liver Qi; Relieves Pain: spasm, pain, muscle pain and stiffness, general unrest, headache, migraine, irritable bowel, constipation. Normalizes blood sugar (take a few drops internally before meals to reduce appetite).

Tonifies the Yin; Tonifies Reproductive Qi; Normalizes Menses; Promotes Labor: lack of sexual desire, excess sexual appetite (reduces the False Fire from Deficient Yin); menstrual pain; difficult and painful labor, retained placenta (prophylactic and remedial in last three weeks of pregnancy and during labor).

Rids Parasites: animal and insect bites (especially black widow), skin parasites, lice, scabies.