Key Characteristics: light and warm, releases the muscle layer, unblocks yang qi, warms the middle
Properties:
Acrid, Sweet, Warm
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Heart, Lungs, Urinary Bladder
Actions:
- adjust the nutritive and protective qi levels warms the channels and disperses cold: for wind cold damp obstruction in the joints and limbs esp. in the shoulders; also for gynecological problems, dysmenorrhea caused by cold obstructing the blood
- warms and facilitates the flow of yang qi in the chest: for palpitation due to obstruction of yang qi in the chest; can be due to either stagnation or deficiency