Nature
Cold
Taste
Salty and neutral
Channels
Daily dose
10-30 g
Tendency
Descending
Actions
- Tonifies and nourishes Yin
- Subdues Yang
- Moves Blood
- Resolves accumulations
- Calms the Interior Wind
Applications
- Recurrent fevers
- Tendon stiffness
- Swelling and nodules
- Menstrual disorders
- Palpable masses
- Spasms, convulsions
- Hemiplegia
Contraindications
- Spleen-Yang deficiency Cold syndrome
- Pregnancy