Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Promotes urination and drains Heat from the Urinary Bladder (aids the movement of gravel and stones), (expels Damp-Heat) | Hot Painful Urinary Dysfunction (Lin Syndrome) with hot, painful urination, dark, painful, burning, scanty urineDamp-Heat diarrhea
Qi Level Heat with Dampness with unremitting fever, heavy feeling in the body, thirst, yellow tongue coat |
Releases Summeheat and resolves Dampness | Summerheat (fever, urinary difficulty, thirst) |
Absorbs Dampness and clears Heat (topically) | Damp skin lesions (eczema, damp sores, prickly heat) (topical) |
Stops bleeding due to Heat | Heat type bleeding |
Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Sweet Bland |
Cold | Stomach Bladder |
9-18g |