Nature
Cold
Taste
Salty
Channels
Spleen, Lung, Liver and Bladder
Daily dose
6-12 g
Actions
- Reduces Heat
- Disperses internal Wind
- Diuretic
- Calms asthma
- Eliminates Toxic Heat
- Opens the collateral channels
- Calms pain
Applications
- Fever
- Irritability
- Restlessness
- Sore throat
- Convulsions
- Rheumatism
- Joint pain
- Altered consciousness
- Schizophrenia
- Hypertension
- Sequelae of stroke
- Dysuria
- Edema
Contraindications
- Spleen and Stomach deficiency, absence of excess and Heat symptoms.
- Caution during pregnancy.