Nature
Slightly Cold
Flavor
Bitter and sweet
Channels
Daily dose
3-9 g
Tendency
Descending
Actions
- Eliminates Heat
- Moistens
- Descends rebellious Lung-Qi
- Calms Heart-Fire
- Transforms Phlegm
- Relieves cough
- Disperses Phlegm-Heat masses
- Phlegm-Heat in Lung
Applications
- Cough with difficult to expectorate sputum
- Cough with bloody sputum
- Reduced appetite
- Chest oppression sensation
- Masses
- Nodules
- Ulcers
- Mammary and pulmonary abscesses
- Skin infections
Contraindications
Phlegm-Cold or Phlegm Dampness syndromes