Nature
Warm
Flavour
Pungent and sweet
Channels
Daily dosage
3-9 g
Actions and indications
- Releases the exterior from Wind-Cold
- Promotes the flow of the channels
- Unblocks stasis of Blood (menstruation)
- Warms the channels
- Calms pain.
- Eliminates Wind-Cold from channels and collaterals.
- Regulates the circulation of Qi and Xue.
- Harmonizes Defensive Qi and Yin Qi.
- Unblocks thoracic Qi: thoracic Bi Syndrome.
- Warms the Yang in deficiency
Applications
- Dysmenorrhoea
- Amenorrhoea
- Common cold
- Influenza
- Adiaphoresis
- Cough
- Cough with Phlegm
- Palpitations
- Arrhythmias
- Chest oppression
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Arthritis
- Oedema
- Dysuria
- Scanty urination
Contraindications
- Heat syndromes.
- Heat from Yin deficiency
- Heat in Blood.
- Rising of Liver-Yang.
- During pregnancy or during menstruation, use doses below 6 g, preferably dry-fried.