Key Characteristics: promotes urination, leaches out dampness, facilitates fluid metabolism
Properties:
sweet, bland, slightly cool
Meridian/Organs Affected:
Spleen, 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