Properties: Sweet, bitter, cool

Meridans Entered:
Primary: Lung, Stomach and Kidney

1. Tonifies Yin
   Chronic Lung disease
   Dry cough, pneumonia, pertussis, whooping cough
   Constipation with dry stool
   Dry mouth, thirst
   Gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer
   Bone disease, oesteoporosis, oesteomalacia, brittle bones and weak limbs
2. Clears Heat and transforms Phlegm
   Mucus in the lung with sore throat and cough
   Asthma
3. Clears Empty Heat
   Afternoon fevers due to Yin deficiency
   Inflammation
   Sore throat, laryngitis
   Bronchitis, tuberculosis
4. Topically: Promotes healing of wounds, softens hardness and strengthens the tissues
   Reduction of scars and callouses
   Poor wound healing from contusions, sprains, swelling, bruises, cuts, burns and abasions
   Torn ligaments, tendonitis, connective tissue weakness
   Broken bones, periostitis
   Abscesses, suppurating sores, ulcers, acne
   Varicose veins

Suggested Daily Dosage: Traditionally 6-12 in decoction but internal consumption is no longer advised.

Cautions: Due to the presence of hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids internal consumption is not recommended. External use is still permitted.

• Allantoin
  0.6-4.7% (Staiger, 2012) of the root is comprised of allantoin which is a product of the oxidation of uric acid and present in the urine of most mammals except higher primates. It has healing, soothing, and anti-irritating properties; helps to heal wounds and skin irritations and stimulates the growth of healthy tissue. It is often found in anti-acne products, sun care products, and clarifying lotions as well as toothpaste, mouthwash, and other oral hygiene products, shampoos, lipsticks, cosmetic lotions and creams, and other cosmetic and pharmaceutical products where it is usually extracted from cow urine or the comfrey plant.