Nature
Cold
Taste
Bitter
Channels
Stomach, Lungs, Heart, Gall Bladder and Large Intestine
Daily dose
3-9 g
Tendency
Descending
Actions and indications
- Clears Heat and Dampness.
- Clears Fire
- Hemostatic
- Anti-abortive
- Subdues Yang
- Stops vomiting
Applications
- Restlessness
- Headache
- Irritability
- Insomnia
- Arterial hypertension
- Mastitis
- Risk of miscarriage
- Edema
- Gastroenteritis
- Hepatobiliary disorders
- Dyspepsia
- Cough
- Respiratory infection
- Epistaxis
- Hemoptysis
- Uterine hemorrhage
- Heavy menstruation
Contraindications
- Spleen and Stomach Cold Deficiency Pattern
- Heat from Lung-Qi deficiency
- Fetus unsettled due to Cold