The medicinal properties of sweet, cold. It belongs to the kidney and bladder meridians.
Effective in inducing diuresis, subduing swelling, seeping dampness and draining heat.
Application
1. Edema, dysuria, diarrhea. This product is light seepage, its diuretic effect is strong, the treatment of water-dampness stagnation of oedema, urine is not conducive to, often and poria, poria, gui zhi with, such as the five Ling San ( "Typhoid"); ze diarrhea can be beneficial to the urine and stool, treatment of the spleen and stomach cold, the water and grain is not divided, more than the diarrhea, and thick Park, Cangzhu, Chenpi, such as the stomach Ling Tang ( "Danxi Xin Fa"); this product diarrhea of water-dampness, the line of phlegm and drink, and often to treat the phlegm and drink stagnation, the clear Yang does not rise of the eyes, with Baijiao with the eyes and eyes dizziness. It is often used to treat dizziness of the head and eyes when phlegm and drink are stagnant and the clear yang does not rise.
2. Gonorrhea, seminal emission. This product is cold, can clear the heat of the bladder, but also can drain the kidney meridian of the fire, the lower Jiao damp-heat is particularly suitable. Therefore, it is used to treat damp-heat gonorrhea, often used with Mutong, Psyllium, etc.; on the insufficiency of kidney yin, the phase of the fire of the spermatorrhea, tidal fever, with the ripened dihuang, Cornus officinalis, Mudanpi (Pediatrics Directly).
Usage and dosage: Decoction, 5-10g.
Summary
1. "Treatise on the Nature of Medicines": "Mainly used for treating the five drenchings of spermatozoa in the kidneys, relieving heat in the bladder, and promoting the passage of water."
2. "The Essentials of Materia Medica": "Remove dampness, relieve thirst, treat edema, stop diarrhea and dysentery, with poria as a support."
3. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Seepage of dampness and heat, line phlegm, stop vomiting, diarrhea, hernia pain, foot."