Nature
Warm
Taste
Pungent and bitter
Channels
Spleen, Stomach, Lung and Large Intestine
Daily dose
1-10 g
Tendency
Descending
Actions
- Moves and regulates Qi
- Relieves pain
- Tonifies Qi
- Eliminates the Cold
Applications
- Food stagnation
- Abdominal pain and distension
- Loss of appetite
- Diarrhea
- Dysentery
- Tenesmus
- Abdominal pain not relieved by defecation