Note: Top/Middle

Temperature: Warming

Tastes: Spicy, Sweet

Elements: Wood, Fire, Earth

Meridians: Liver, Stomach, Kidney

Traditional Actions/Indications:

1. Releases Wind-Cold from the Exterior
   Yangming frontal or temporal headaches due to Wind-Cold invasion with fever, chills and absence of sweating, sinus congestion, loss of smell, muscle tightness and numbness and cough
   Muscular aches and pains, arthritis
2. Descends Stomach Qi and resolves Food Stasis
   Dyspepsia, nausea, epigastric distention, poor digestion of protein
   Nausea during chemotherapy
3. Tonifies Kidney Yang to drain Dampness in the Lower Jiao
   Frequent urination, prostatitis, infertility, impotence
   Low back pain, weak knees, physical or mental exhaustion
   Poor willpower, low self-esteem & confidence, depression, complacency and indecision, insomnia due to overthinking at night
   Hypotension
4. Promote lactation and relieve uterine congestion
   Lack of milk flow
   Amenorrhoea, ovarian cysts

Cautions: Use in small doses and over a short period of time as excessive use will exhaust Yang. Avoid in pregnancy, in infants and small children.

These pages are intended to assist clinicians and are not intended for self-diagnosis or treatment for which a qualified professional should be consulted. Actions and indications are taken from traditional uses and do not necessarily reflect the evidence base which should be researched independently.