Nature
Warm
Flavor
Sour and slightly sweet
Channels
Lung, Heart, Stomach and Kidney
Daily dose
3-6 g
Actions
- Generates fluids
- Astringes fluids
- Nourishes Heart-Yin
- Calms the Shen
- Tonifies Kidney-Qi
- Astringes the Jing
- Astringes the Lung
- Treats the lack of communication between Heart and Kidneys
Applications
- Alterations of sweating
- Thirst
- Diabetes
- Febrile diseases
- Cough
- Spermatorrhea
- Leukorrhea
- Morning diarrhea (Spleen and Kidney-Yang deficiency)
- Irritability
- Palpitations
- Insomnia
Contraindications
- Exterior syndrome
- Excess internal Heat
- Initial phases of measles