Key Characteristics: promotes urination, benefits the breasts, moistens the intestines
Properties:
sweet, cold
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Bladder, Large Intestine Small Intestine
Actions:
- promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dribbling: hot, bloody, or stony painful urinary dribbling
- benefits the breasts: for insufficient lactation, painful swollen breasts
- moistens the intestines and unblocks the bowels: as an adjunctive herb for constipation due to insufficient fluids in the intestines