Key Characteristics: cool Liver fire, disperses clumps, benefits the eyes
Properties:
Bitter, acrid, cold
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Gall Bladder, Liver
Actions:
-clears Liv fire and brighten the eyes: for upward blazing of Liv fire with red, painful or swollen eyes, headache, dizziness, eye pain increases evenings due to Liv def.
-clears heat and dissipates nodules: for any neck lump or nodule as in scrofula, lipoma, swollen glands, goiter due to phlegm fire; also used for similar nodules in other part of the body;
-this herb has been used for hypertension, esp. by Liv fire or patterns of ascending yang