Key Characteristics: clears damp-heat, facilitates the fluid pathways, treats painful obstruction
Properties:
bitter, acrid, cold
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Bladder, Spleen, Kidney
Actions:
- promotes urination and reduces edema, for edema in lower parts of body, damp leg qi, gurgling sounds in intestines, abdominal distention, asides due to dampness accumulated in lower burner
- expels wind-dampness and alleviates pain, with fever and red , swollen, hot painful joints.