Key Characteristics: facilitates the fluid pathways, clears blazing ministerial fire
Properties:
sweet, bland, cold
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Kidney, Bladder
Actions:
- promotes urination and leaches out dampness, for stagnation associated with such symptoms as urinary difficulty, edema, diarrhea; especially when there is damp heat in the lower burner
- drains Kidney fire, for Kidney yin deficiency patterns with heat signs including dizziness and tinnitus.