Category: Herbs that Clear Heat & Drain Fire
Taste: Sweet, Bland Temperature: Cold Channels: Stomach, Heart, Small IntestineDosage: 6-9
Cautions & Contraindications:
- None
Actions & Indications:
- Clears heat and eliminates irritability: for heat patterns with irritability and thirst. Also used for mouth sores and swollen, painful gums due to heat in the Heart or Stomach channels.
- Promotes urination and clears damp heat: for rough, scanty, painful urination. Especially useful for heat in the Small Intestine channel with the above symptoms plus irritability and a dark red tip on the tongue.