Key Characteristics: moves qi relieves constraint
Properties:
sweet, slightly bitter, warm
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Liver, Spleen, Stomach
Actions:
- moves Liver stagnation symptoms like stifling sensation in the chest, pain in flanks and epigastrum, belching, poor appetite
- promotes movement qi, harmonizes blood , disperse stasis, for irregular menstruation, premenstrual breast tenderness, menstrual pain, for blood stasis to trauma.