Key Characteristics: stimulant, carminative, astringent, diaphoretic, expectorant, stomachic
Properties:
warm, acrid
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Lungs, Stomach, Upper Burner, Liver
Actions:
- sore throat, cold, flu, lung congestion, gas, dropsy, bruises
- asthma, chronic bronchitis
- externally for bruises, injuries , healing wounds