Key Characteristics: suitable for any type of cough; especially good for phlegm in the throat
Properties:
acid, sweet, slightly warm
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Lungs
Actions:
- directs the Lung qi downward
- redirects qi downwards, dispel phlegm, stops cough, for cough with copious sputum and gurgling in throat, Lung qi blockage and stagnation, used for excess with copious sputum difficult to expectorate, wheezing, it is not drying