Nature

Cold

Taste

Bitter and sour

Channels

Liver, Gall Bladder

Daily dose

9-30 g

Tendency

Descending

Actions

• Cools Heat
• Eliminates Damp-Heat
• Promotes diuresis
• Treats jaundice
• Harmonizes Lesser Yang

Applications

• Jaundice
• Constipation
• Oliguria
• Fever and chills
• Hepatitis
• Colelitiasis
• Colecistitis
• Hemolytic jaundice
• Recurrent and intermittent fevers
• Loss of appetite
• Bitter taste in mouth
• Dizziness
• Headache

Contraindications

• Jaundice from deficiency
• Spleen-Qi deficiency

Formulas

• Yin Chen Hao Tang