Nature

Cold

Taste

Sweet

Channels

Lungs and Stomach

Daily dose

• 15-30 g in decoction
• 30-60 g in fresh materia.

Actions and indications

• Drains Lung Heat and Stomach Heat
• Generates Jin Ye without causing flooding.
• Controls vomiting.

Applications

• Internal Heat
• Irritation
• Thirst, dry mouth and throat.
• Vomiting due to Stomach Heat.
• Dry cough due to Heat in the Lungs
• Pulmonary carbuncle
• Oliguria (scant urine)
• Fish poisoning

Contraindications

• Cold due to Spleen and Stomach deficiency.

Formulas

• Sang Yu Jin
• Yin Qiao San
• Wei Jing Tang