Key Characteristics: Drains fire, clears heat and eliminates irritability for heat patterns with irritability and thirst
Properties:
Sweet, bland, cold
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Heart, small intestine, stomach
Actions:
– also used for mouth sores and swollen painful gums due to heat in the stomach and heart channels
-promotes urination and clears damp heat: for rough ,scanty, painful urination
-especially useful for heat in the small intestine channel with the above symptoms plus irritability and a red top on the tongue