Key Characteristics: Raises the clear yang qi of yang brightness, encourages the stomach qi and thus releases muscle layer heat and vents rashes; alleviates thirst by raising stomache fluids, treats diarrhea
Properties:
sweet, acrid, cool
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Spleen, Stomach
Actions:
- releases muscle clears heat, for exterior disorder lodged in muscle manifesting in fever, headache, stiff or tight upper back and neck
- nourishes fluids alleviates thirst, thirst due to stomach heat, especially, appropriate in external contracted heat
- vents measles;
- alleviates diarrhea or dysenteries due to heat, also diarrhea due to spleen deficiency when combined with other herbs;
- treats symptoms of hypertension, headache, dizziness, tinnitus or paresthesias that can accompany hypertension.