Key Characteristics: used to treat headache caused by dampness and heat in the gastrointestinal tract
Properties:
Bitter, cold
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Liver, Kidney, Heart
Actions:
-Alterative, anodyne, febrifuge, astringent
– rheumatic aches and pains, recurring fevers, gonorrhea, ovarian pains, dyspepsia, dysentery, chronic diarrhea, worms and edema;
-bitter tonic in small doses before meals, to hasten convalescence from acute disease