Nature

Cool

Taste

Pungent and bitter

Channels

Lung, Liver and Stomach

Daily dose

6-12 g

Actions and indications

• Expels external Wind-Heat.
• Benefits the throat.
• Regulates Lung-Qi and opens the nasal passages.
• Expels toxic Heat.
• Promotes the evolution of skin eruptions.

Applications

• Cough due to Wind-Heat
• Benefits the throat
• Eruption erythema
• Ulcer
• Carbuncle

Contraindications

Caution in case of Spleen-Qi deficiency.

Formulas

• Yin Qiao San
• Xiao Feng San