Nature

Cold

Taste

Sweet and bland

Channels

Stomach and Bladder

Daily dose

6-18 g

Tendency

Descending

Actions

• Eliminates Summer-Heat
• Drains Damp-Heat
• Promotes urination

Applications

• Cystitis
• Scanty urination
• Painful urination
• Skin lesions from Dampness
• Heaviness in limbs
• Edema
• Thirst
• High fever
• Irritability

Contraindications

• Caution during pregnancy due to its descending nature
• Spleen and Stomach deficiency
• Exhaustion of fluids due to fever
• Kidney-Qi deficiency
• If there is no Damp-Heat

Formulas

• Fang Feng Tong Sheng San
• Liu Yi San
• Ba Zheng San
• Zhu Ling Tang
• Xiao Ji Yin Zi