Aromatherapy Functions in Chinese Medicine Rectifies the Brain (can produce intense dreams). Tonifies Blood: painful and irregular menses; poor circulation; fatigue and congestion after sports. Fortifies the Stomach and Spleen: bad breath, loss of appetite, chronic diarrhea, difficulty in digesting starchy and oily foods, gallstones, gas, nausea, vomiting, intestinal infections. Tonifies the Kidney: adrenal insufficiency, lack of energy, nervous fatigue, fainting, frigidity, impotence. Stops Pain: sprains, strains, severe nerve pain, nervous fatigue, gout, muscle aches and pains, rheumatism, arthritis.