Key Characteristics: Commonly used for sore teeth, swollen or painful gums, canker sores, painful and swollen throat, sores or maculae from warm heat pathogen disease;
Properties:
Sweet, acrid, slightly cold
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Liver, Lungs, Spleen, Stomach
Actions:
-Clears heat and resolves toxicity: for varies manifestation of fire toxin in the upper or superficial aspect of the body;
-Discharge exterior conditions and vent measles: for headache due to exterior heat or early stage of measles;
-Raises the yang and lifts the sunken: for middle qi deficiency leading to such symptoms shortness of breath, fatigue and prolapse; also used for girdle vessel spasm and a messenger to guide the effects of the herbs upwards;