Key Characteristics: cools summer heat, clears hot painful urinary dribbling, applied topically for damp heat rashes and sores
Properties:
cool, dry
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Stomach, Urinary Bladder
Actions:
- clears heat, drains dampness, treats hot painful, burning, scanty urination, damp heat diarrhea, used for heat in the qi level signs like unremitting fevers and a heavy feeling in body, thirst and yellow tongue
- clears summer heat and dampness, signs like fever, urinary difficulty, irritability, thirst
- applied topically for damp skin lesion, eczema, damp sores, prickly heat.