Nature
Cold
Taste
Sweet
Channels
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.