Key Characteristics: clear, strong aroma it travels through the qi level; light in weight, it reaches to the vertex and upper body, travels trough the limbs and expels superficial dampness
Properties:
Acrid, bitter, aromatic, warm.
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Bladder, kidneys
Actions:
- releases the exterior and disperses cold: chills, fever, headache, body aches and pains; specially accompanied by joint pain, general feeling of heaviness, sleepiness or pain in the occipital region
- unblocks painful wind cold damp obstruction, especially in upper limbs and back
- guides the qi to the greater yang channel and governing vessel: to direct herbs in a prescription to the areas served by the upper to channels