Properties: Cool, sweet, slightly bitter

Meridans Entered:
Primary: Lung, Stomach, Large Intestine, Bladder

1. Tonify Lung Yin, clear Lung deficiency Heat and moisten Lung dryness, stop cough
   Dry sore mouth and throat
   Irritant dry mouth and cough
   Bronchitis with sensations of heat and dryness
   Whooping cough
2. Tonify Stomach Yin, clear Stomach Heat
   Gastritis with burning sensation and thirst
   Gastric ulceration
3. Clear Intestinal Heat and moisten the bowel
   Entertitis or colitis with diarrhoea, bleeding and sensation of heat
   Constipation with dryness and thirst
4. Clear Bladder Heat
   Urinary inflammation with burning sensation, maybe accompanied by sensations of heat and night sweats
5. Topically to Clear Heat
   As a gargle for mouth and throat inflammations
   As a poultice or ointment for skin inflammation, burns, sores, wounds, ulcers or mastitis
   As an enema for proctitis
6. Promotes lactation
   

Suggested Daily Dosage: 30-45g of dried herb, or 10-15g of powdered dried herb, prepared as a cold infusion in 750ml of water, taken 3-5x per day.

Notes:

This herb is not used in Chinese medicine and so the actions and indications are based on the western herbal indications and usages.