Key Characteristics: cools the Lungs above, facilitates the Bladder below, halts bleeding due to heat
Properties:
bitter, sweet, slightly cold
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Upper Burner, Lungs
Actions:
- clears damp heat and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction, hot, stony, bloody painful dysfunction due to damp heat
- clears heat and stops reckless movement of blood, vomiting blood, uterine bleeding, bloody painful urinary dysfunction
- clears Lu and dispel phlegm stops cough, for Lu heat coughs and wheezing