Key Characteristics: promotes urination, cools the blood, resolves toxicity
Properties:
sweet, neutral
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Heart, Lung, Small Intestine, Large Intestine
Actions:
- promotes urination and reduces edema, for edema and ascites
- cools blood and reduces toxicity, good choice of treating snake bites and wasp stings, internally and externally used; also for fire toxin patterns such as tonsillitis.