Key Characteristics: alleviates itching, removes damp-heat, unblocks painful urinary dribbling, clears wind-heat affecting the eyes and head
Properties:
sweet, bitter, cold
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Upper Burner
Actions:
- clears damp-heat and promotes urination, for painful urination, dark, burning and scanty urine
- expels dampness and stops itching, used both internally and topically for damp skin disorder and other dermatological problems where itching is a symptom such as eczema and scabies.