Aromatherapy Functions in Chinese Medicine
Rectifies the Brain; Rectifies the Spirit; Normalizes the Yi/Intention; Develops Tolerance: mental fatigue, fainting, absent-mindedness; convalescents with chronic exhaustion; excessive pride, feelings of inferiority.

Moves Qi; Opens the Exterior; Rids Wind; and Clears Hot Mucous: colds and flu with fever, sore throat and headache; chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, sinus congestion; dyspepsia.

Clears Heat; Reduces Inflammation: burns, scalds, acne, boils, poison ivy/poison oak.

Stops Pain: rheumatic pain, toothache.

Stops Lactation: excessive breast milk (weans), curdled or congested breast milk.

Rectifies Liver Qi; Quells the Liver: general asthenia, frontal or occipital headache due to Liver congestion, acute cholelithiasis, hepatitis, dizziness, vertigo, tremors, coma, menstrual pain before onset, PMS.

Fortifies the Stomach and Spleen: indigestion, nausea, epigastric distention, flatulence, gurgling abdomen, loss of appetite, intestinal colic, gastrointestinal ulcers, colitis.

Rids Insects: mosquito and gnat repellent.