Key Characteristics: Cools blood, eliminates heat from both excess and deficiency in the blood; used for steaming bone disorder with sweating, and to cool the Lungs
Properties:
Sweet, bland, cold
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Lung, Liver, kidneys
Actions:
- drains fire from yin deficiency, symptoms like nights sweat, steaming bone disorder, chronic low fever, irritability and thirst
- clears heat and stop coughing, for Lung heat cough and wheezing
- clears heat and cools blood, for nosebleed, vomiting of blood and bloody urine due to reckless movement of hot blood
- drain floating fire in the Kidney channel, for toothache due to fire from deficiency