Saussurea involucrata is warm, sweet and bitter, and enters the liver, spleen and kidney meridians. It has the effects of dispelling cold, strengthening yang, regulating menstruation and stopping bleeding. Can be used for treating impotence, soreness of waist and knees, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, rheumatoid arthritis and traumatic hemorrhage. "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: Saussurea involucrata is "hot in nature and can make up Yiyang"; "Xinjiang Chinese Herbal Medicine" contains: "Saussurea involucrata is warm and slightly bitter, and has the function of expelling wind and removing dampness."