Nature
Cool, slightly cold
Taste
Bitter, pungent and aromatic
Channels
Gall Bladder, Liver, Pericardium, Triple Burner.
Daily dose
3-12 g
Actions and indications
- Releases the exterior of Wind-Heat
- Alternation between fever and chills.
- Harmonizes the Shao Yang channels.
- Unblocks Liver and Gall Bladder Qi.
- Moves and regulates Qi
- Raises Yang Qi in case of Qi sinking.
Applications
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Dysmenorrhea
- Nervousness
- Agitation
- Anxiety
- Hypertension
- Headache
- Neuralgia
- Hemorrhoids
- Rectal ptosis
- Fever
- Liver disorders
Contraindications
- Liver- and Kidney-Yin deficiency (due to its dispersing properties).
- Liver-Yang hyperactivity.