Extra Points: Head

Points on the head and neck that sit off the fourteen channels – Yintang between the eyebrows, Taiyang at the temple, the four Sishencong points around the vertex. EX-HN in the WHO nomenclature.

51 Acupuncture Points

Each point lists the symptoms it is indicated for. A symptom links to the sourced protocols for it.

XH01AFour Spirit Brightness

XH01A acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四神聰 (sì shén cōng)

🎯 Location: Four points at the vertex of the scalp, grouped around baihui du-20 & located 1 thumb width anterior, posterior & lateral to the it.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Depression, Wind, Deafness, Epilepsy

XH01BFour Spirit Brightness

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四神聰 (sì shén cōng)

🎯 Location: Four points at the vertex of the scalp, grouped around baihui du-20 & located 1 thumb width anterior, posterior & lateral to the it.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Depression, Wind, Deafness, Epilepsy

XH01CFour Spirit Brightness

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四神聰 (sì shén cōng)

🎯 Location: Four points at the vertex of the scalp, grouped around baihui du-20 & located 1 thumb width anterior, posterior & lateral to the it.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Depression, Wind, Deafness, Epilepsy

XH01DFour Spirit Brightness

XH01D acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四神聰 (sì shén cōng)

🎯 Location: Four points at the vertex of the scalp, grouped around baihui du-20 & located 1 thumb width anterior, posterior & lateral to the it.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Depression, Wind, Deafness, Epilepsy

XH02Above The Yang

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 當陽 (dāng yáng)

🎯 Location: Vertically above the pupil, 1 thumb width above the anterior hairline..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Heat, Wind, Headache, Eye Pain

XH03Hall Of Impression Or Seal Hall

XH03 acupoint
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🇨🇳 Chinese: 印堂 (yìn táng)

🎯 Location: At the glabella, at the midpoint between the medial extremities of the eyebrows.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Anxiety, Dizziness, Wind, Facial Pain, Insomnia

XH04Fish Waist

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🇨🇳 Chinese: 魚腰 (yú yāo)

🎯 Location: In the centre of the eyebrow, in the depression the directly above the pupil when the eyes are looking straight forward.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Redness, Swelling, Pain, Eye Pain, Benefit Eyes

XH05Supreme Yang (Sun)

XH05 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 太陽 (tài yáng)

🎯 Location: At the temple, in the tender depression the approximately 1 thumb width posterior to the midpoint between the lateral extremity of the eyebrow & the outer canthus of the eye.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with temporal artery.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Heat, Wind, Swelling, Pain

XH06Tip Of The Ear

XH06 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 耳尖 (ěr jiān)

🎯 Location: When the ear is folded forwards, this point lies at the apex of the ear.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders.

🛡️ Treats: Heat, Redness, Swelling, Pain, Swollen Throat

XH07Behind The Eyeball

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🇨🇳 Chinese: 球後 (qiú hòu)

🎯 Location: Along the inferior border of the orbit, at the junction of the lateral one quarter & medial three quarters of the infraorbital margin.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.

🛡️ Treats: Disease Eye, Benefit Eyes, Disease Eye, Benefit Eyes

XH08Nose Passage

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 鼻通 / 上迎香 (bí tōng / shàng yíng xiāng)

🎯 Location: At the highest point of the naso-labial groove.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with facial nerve.

🛡️ Treats: Nasal Congestion, Nosebleed, Nasal Discharge, Polyp Nasal, Rhinitis

XH09Inner Fragrant

XH09No surface view — this point is inside the nose

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 內迎香 (nèi yíng xiāng)

🎯 Location: In the nasal cavity, at the junction of the nasal bone and the nasal cartilage..

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with facial nerve.

🛡️ Treats: Heat, Insomnia, Heat Fire, Heat Fire

XH10Gathering Spring

XH10No surface view — this point is centre of the tongue

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 聚泉 (jù quán)

🎯 Location: With maximal extension of the tongue, in the centre of the tongue body..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Taste Loss, Neutralise Yin, Neutralise Yang, Deviation Tongue, Atrophy Tongue

XH11Sea Spring

XH11No surface view — this point is lingual frenulum

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 海泉 / 舌下中风 (hǎi quán / shé xià zhōng fēng)

🎯 Location: In the centre of the frenulum of the tongue between jinjin the & yuye (m-hn-20).

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with sublingual vessels.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Heat, Vomiting, Facial Paralysis, Abdominal Pain

XH12Golden Liquid

XH12No surface view — this point is lingual frenulum

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 金津 (jīn jīn)

🎯 Location: In the mouth, on the vein the in the left side of the frenulum of the tongue.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with sublingual vessels.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Heat, Vomiting, Swelling, Pain

XH13Jade Fluid

XH13No surface view — this point is lingual frenulum

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 玉液 (yù yè)

🎯 Location: In the mouth, on the vein the in the right side of the frenulum of the tongue.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with sublingual vessels.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Heat, Vomiting, Swelling, Pain

XH14Eye Brightening

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 翳明 (yì míng)

🎯 Location: On the neck, 1 thumb width posterior to the yifeng (TB17).

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.

🛡️ Treats: Tinnitus, Heat, Damp, Deafness, Insomnia

XH15Hundred Taxations

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 颈百劳 / 百勞 (jǐng bǎi láo / bǎi láo)

🎯 Location: At the back of the neck, 2 thumb widths superior to the dazhui du-14, 1 thumb width lateral to the midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution near carotid artery and jugular vein.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Phlegm, Sweating, Fever Tidal

XH16Peaceful Sleep

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 安眠 (ān mián)

🎯 Location: Behind the ear, midway between fengchi gb-20 & yifeng sj-17, close but slightly posterior & inferior to the wangu gb-12.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Tinnitus, Palpitations, Epilepsy, Insomnia

XH17Parotid Gland

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🇨🇳 Chinese: 腮腺 (sāi xiàn)

🎯 Location: On the cheek, at the midpoint of the line connecting the lower border of the ear lobe and the angle of the mandible..

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in parotid infections or inflammation.

🛡️ Treats: Heat, Wind, Mumps

XH18Lower Saliva Receptacle

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 下承浆 (xià chéng jiāng)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width lateral to the chengjiang (cv. 24), at the mental foramen of the mandible..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Jaundice, Heat, Facial Paralysis, Wind, Pain

XH19Inner Jaw Bone

XH19No surface view — this point is oral mucosa

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 内頰車 (nèi jiá chē)

🎯 Location: On the mucosa of the mouth, opposite jiache (ST06).

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in TMJ disorders.

🛡️ Treats: Heat, Facial Paralysis, Wind, Collaterals Stagnation, Facial Paralysis

XH20Axillary Gate

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 腋门 (yè mén)

🎯 Location: On the surface of the tongue, 1 thumb width from the tongue tip.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; proximity to axillary vessels and nerves.

🛡️ Treats: Open Orifice, Benefit Speech, Aphasia, Open Orifice, Benefit Speech

XH21Head Triangle

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 頭三角 (tóu sān jiǎo)

🎯 Location: Three points, on the forehead at the crossing points of the perpendicular line from the inner canthus, the front hairline, and shangxing (GV23).

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Insomnia, Headache, Circulation Blood, Calm Mind, Headache

XH22Upper Celestial Pillar

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 上天柱 (shàng tiān zhù)

🎯 Location: 0.5 thumb widths directly above the tianzhu (BL10).

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with vertebral artery.

🛡️ Treats: Hyperthyroidism, Benefit Eyes, Pacify Liver, Suppress Yang, Exophthalmus

XH23New Brightness

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 新明 (xīn míng)

🎯 Location: On the joint of the ear lobe and cheek, 0.5 thumb widths anterior and superior to the yifeng (TB17).

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.

🛡️ Treats: Atrophy Optic, Eyesight / Vision Acuity, Acuity Vision, Atrophy Optic

XH24New Brightness

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 新明 (xīn míng)

🎯 Location: On the forehead, 1 thumb width above the and 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the lateral end of the eyebrow.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.

🛡️ Treats: Atrophy Optic, Eyesight / Vision Acuity, Acuity Vision, Atrophy Optic

XH25In The Middle

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 交中 (jiāo zhōng)

🎯 Location: On the midpoint of the line connecting xiaguan (ST07) and jiache (ST06).

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Common Cold, Wind, Circulation Blood, Circulation Qi, Disease Tempero-mandibular Joint

XH26Inner Storehouse

XH26No surface view — this point is oral mucosa

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 內地倉 (nèi dì cāng)

🎯 Location: On the mucus of the mouth, opposite dicang (ST04).

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with facial nerve.

🛡️ Treats: Vomiting, Descend Qi Stomach Rebellious, Benefit Descend Qi Stomach Rebellious

XH27High Bone

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 崇骨 (chóng gǔ)

🎯 Location: On the posterior midline of the nape, at the inferior edge of the spinous process of the 6th cervical vertebra..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Common Cold, Epilepsy, Malaria, Bronchitis

XH28In The Lips

XH28No surface view — this point is oral mucosa

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 唇里 (chún lǐ)

🎯 Location: In the vestibule of the mouth, on the mucous membrane of the lower lip, in the lip groove close to the gum..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Cheek Swelling, Cheek Pain, Gingivitis, Stomatitis, Disease Liver

XH29One Hole

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 牽正 (qiān zhèng)

🎯 Location: On the cheek, 0.5 thumb widths anterior to the earlap, the same levelas the midpoint of the earlap.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Heat, Wind, Mouth Ulcers, Paralysis, Ulceration Tongue

XH30Sun Dimension

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 阳维 (yáng wéi)

🎯 Location: At the root of the inner side of the ear shell, and the incision the between the front and the tragus is level. the auricle is pulled forward, and the string is formed at the root of the auricle..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Tinnitus, Deafness, Epilepsy Infantile, Otitis Media, Epilepsy (infant)

XH31Hairline

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 发际 (fā jì)

🎯 Location: On the forehead, 0.5 thumb widths from the hairline, 4.5 thumb widths from the midpoint..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Nasal Discharge, Migraine, Drowsiness, Nasal Discharge

XH32Blood Pressure Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 血壓點 (xuè yā diǎn)

🎯 Location: At the midpoint of the line connecting jingming (BL01) and cuanzhu (BL02).

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in severely hypertensive patients.

🛡️ Treats: Pacify Liver, Suppress Yang, High Blood Pressure, High Blood Pressure, Pacify Liver

XH33Mountain Base

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 山根 (shān gēn)

🎯 Location: In the middle of the two-eye line..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Jaundice, Epilepsy, Poor Memory, Angulation, Sleepiness

XH34Hanging Life

XH34No surface view — this point is oral mucosa

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 悬命 (xuán mìng)

🎯 Location: In the oral vestibule, the inner side of the upper lip, and the upper lip is in the center of the belt. the upper lip is turned up to the take the place where the hanging point is located..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Stroke, Psychological Insanity Disorder, Confusion, Epilepsy Infantile, Epilepsy (infant)

XH35Upper Palate

XH35No surface view — this point is oral mucosa

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 上腭穴 (shàng è xué)

🎯 Location: At the midpoint of the upper edge of the gingival sac, on the palate behind the front teeth..

⚠️ Cautions: Use with caution; sensitive area.

🛡️ Treats: Jaundice, Common Cold, Headache, Rhinitis, Toothache Superior Pain

XH36Swallow Mouth

XH36No surface view — this point is oral mucosa

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 燕口 (yàn kǒu)

🎯 Location: In the red and white flesh of the facial mouth, the skin the and mucous membranes are in the transitional part, and the close-up silo is where the yankou acupuncture points..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Neuralgia Trigeminal, Psychological Insanity Disorder, Palsy Face Facial Nerve, Neuralgia Trigeminal, Psychological Insanity Disorder

XH37Fish Tail

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 鱼尾 (yú wěi)

🎯 Location: On the face, when the outside of the eye is about 0.1 inch away from the outside; sit or sit on the side to the take a hole..

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with facial nerve.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Paralysis, Eye Disorder, Gingivitis, Migraine Vascular

XH38Ground

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🇨🇳 Chinese: 地合 (dì hé)

🎯 Location: On the lower jaw, below chengjiang (CV24) , at the high point of the mandible in the middle of the forward protrusion..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Facial Paralysis, Headache, Toothache, Facial Paralysis, Headache

XH39Lower Hurricane

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 下翳风 (xià yì fēng)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths below TB17.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with facial nerve.

🛡️ Treats: Toothache, Tonsillitis, Toothache

XH40Nose Eyes

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🇨🇳 Chinese: 鼻炎 (bí yán)

🎯 Location: Lateral to the midline and midpoint of the nose, between the hard and soft bones of the nose..

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with facial nerve.

🛡️ Treats: Heat, Wind, Nasal Congestion, Rhinitis, Sinusitis

XH41APositive Light

XH41A acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 正光 (zhèng guāng)

🎯 Location: Midway between BL02 and yuyao.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.

🛡️ Treats: Eyesight / Vision Myopia Short Sightedness, Myopia Short Sightedness Vision

XH41BPositive Light

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🇨🇳 Chinese: 正光 (zhèng guāng)

🎯 Location: Midway between sj23 and yuyao.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.

🛡️ Treats: Eyesight / Vision Myopia Short Sightedness, Myopia Short Sightedness Vision

XH42Upper Arm

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 頸臂 (jǐng bì)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width superior to the junction of the proximal and middle third of the clavicle..

⚠️ Cautions: Caution near carotid artery and jugular vein.

🛡️ Treats: Paraesthesia, Immobility Extremities Superior Paralysis, Extremities Superior Paralysis Stiffness

XH43Upper Brightness

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 上明 / 外明 (shàng míng / wài míng)

🎯 Location: Directly below the midpoint of the arch of the eyebrow, just under the superior border of the orbit. below yuyao..

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.

🛡️ Treats: Facial Paralysis, Atrophy Optic, Eyelids Disorder, Pterygium, Glaucoma

XH44Upper Clean Spring

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 上廉泉 (shàng lián quán)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width below midpoint of the lower jaw, in the depression the between the hyoid bone and the lower border of the jaw..

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with hyoid bone.

🛡️ Treats: Pharyngitis Chronic, Voice Loss, Sore Throat, Mutism, Stomatitis

XH45New Beginning

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🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 新设 (xīn shè)

🎯 Location: Between the third and fourth cervical vertebrae, 1.5 thumb widths from the midline..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Shoulder Pain, Sore Throat, Headache, Immobility Neck, Immobility Shoulder Inflammation

XH46Tonsil Cavity

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🇨🇳 Chinese: 扁桃体穴 (biǎn táo tǐ xué)

🎯 Location: In the neck, when the lower jaw angle is 0.5 inches straight down..

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid during acute tonsillitis.

🛡️ Treats: Heat, Wind, Mumps, Pharyngitis, Tonsillitis

XH47Inside Fire

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🇨🇳 Chinese: 裡炎 (lǐ yán)

🎯 Location: At the midpoint between the lowest point of the earlobe and the angle of the mandible..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Heat, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain, Dysentery