Nature
Cool
Taste
Sweet and bitter
Channels
Daily dose
5-9 g
Tendency
Descending
Actions and indications
- Eliminate external Wind-Heat.
- Disperses Heat and Liver-Fire.
- Benefits the eyes.
- Calms cough (eliminates Heat in Lung).
- Cools the Blood
- Opens the orifices and channels
Applications
- Upper respiratory tract infections
- Nasal congestion
- Influenza
- Pharyngitis
- Fever
- Bronchitis
- Cough
- Headache
- Diabetes