What are the effects and functions of Vitex rotundifolia?

I wonder if you know and understand the effects and functions of Vitex rotundifolia. In fact, it can effectively treat wind-heat colds, especially for relieving the headache, fever and other discomfort symptoms caused by wind-heat colds.

1. Used for wind-heat cold and initial stage of febrile disease. This product is pungent to disperse, cool to clear away heat, light, cool and dispersing, and is commonly used to dispel wind-heat. Therefore, it can be used to treat wind-heat cold or the initial stage of febrile disease, with evil in the Wei division, headache, fever, slight aversion to wind and cold. It is often used together with honeysuckle, forsythia, burdock seed, and schizonepeta, such as Yinqiao Powder.

2. Used for headache, red eyes, and sore throat. This product is light and uplifting, aromatic and can open the orifices. It is good at dispersing wind-heat in the upper part of the body, clearing the head and eyes, and benefiting the throat. It is used to treat wind-heat attacking the upper body, headache and red eyes, and is often used together with mulberry leaves, chrysanthemums, and vitex rotundus. It is used to treat wind-heat congestion, sore throat, and is often used together with platycodon, raw licorice, silkworm, schizonepeta, and saposhnikovia.

3. Used for measles that does not break out and itching of urticaria. This product is light in quality and has the function of dispersing wind-heat, expelling toxins and clearing rashes. It is used to treat wind-heat binding on the surface and measles that have not cleared up. It is often used with cicada shells, schizonepeta, burdock seeds, lithospermum officinale, etc., such as Touzha Decoction; for the treatment of urticaria itching, it can be used together with Sophora flavescens, Dictamni cortex, Saposhnikovia divaricata, etc., to take advantage of its effect of dispelling wind, clearing rashes and relieving itching.

4. Used for liver depression and qi stagnation, chest tightness and flank pain. This product also enters the liver meridian, can soothe the liver and relieve depression, and is often combined with bupleurum, white peony root, angelica and other liver-soothing, qi-regulating and menstruation-regulating products to treat liver depression and qi stagnation, chest and flank pain, and irregular menstruation, such as Xiaoyao Powder.

5. In addition, this product has a fragrant aroma that can ward off foul smells, and can also be used to treat symptoms such as sha, abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea caused by the heat, dampness, and foul air in summer. It is often used together with Patchouli, Cymbopogon citratus, and White Lablab Bean.