1. To treat cold of insufficiency type in the middle-jiao, cold and pain in the stomach and abdomen, vomiting, diarrhea and other syndromes, the herb is often used in combination with dangshen, dried ginger and other herbs for warming the middle-jiao, dispersing cold, strengthening the spleen and arresting diarrhea, such as Dajianzhong Decoction.
2. To treat abdominal pain due to roundworm, vomiting or vomiting with roundworm, the herb is often used in combination with black plum, coptis root, asarum herb and other herbs for expelling roundworm and relieving colic caused by the worm.