Key Characteristics: astringent, hemostatic, diuretic, galactagogue, expectorant, tonic, nutritive
Properties:
bitter, slightly bitter, cold
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Small Intestine, Bladder, Lungs
Actions:
- taken cool as diuretic for urinary problems as strangury, gravel, inflammatory conditions, nephritis and cystitis
- warm tea used for asthma, mucous conditions of lungs, diarrhea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, various hemorrhages, scorbutic affections, summer dysentery, mucus in colon
- low energy, fatique, removes dampness, brightens Qi
- eczematous affections of face, neck and ears, arthritic, rheumatic problems used in- externally