Nature
Very cold
Taste
Sweet and pungent
Channels
Daily dose
15-60 g
Tendency
Ascending
Actions and indications
- Clears Heat
- Drains Fire
- Generates fluids
- Nourishes and tonifies Yin.
Applications
- Fever
- Dehydration
- Headache
- Gingivitis
- Toothache
- Eczema
- Ulcers
- Cough
- Shortness of breath
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
Contraindications
- Cold pattern due to Spleen and Stomach Yang deficiency.
- Pattern of Yin deficiency.
- Empty-Heat.
- Potentiated by chicken eggs
- Limited by Iron
- Prohibited during pregnancy