Nature
Warm
Taste
Pungent
Channels
Lung and Kidney
Daily dose
1-3 g
Tendency
Ascending
Actions and indications
- Releases the Exterior of Wind-Cold
- Disperses Cold of Tai Yang and Shao Yin
- Opens the orifices
- Calms pain
- Unblocks Lung-Qi
- Eliminates Lung Phlegm
Applications
- Headache
- Body pain
- Sinusitis
- Rhinitis
- Loss of consciousness
Contraindications
- Disorders due to Yin deficiency
- Blood deficiency with internal heat
- Qi deficiency with profuse sweating
- People suffering from Kidney disease
- Toxic plant: dose exceeding 15g or improper preparation may cause tachypnea, rapid pulse, convulsions…
Do not administer for more than 15 days.