Pick roots in early spring or late autumn, remove soil and peel, or steam them to make them easy to peel.
Sweet and light, cold and non-toxic, can clear away deficiency, clear heat and cool blood. Can be used for treating fever due to yin deficiency, night sweats, vexation and thirst, cough and asthma due to lung heat, hemoptysis and hematemesis, and thirst quenching.
The dose is 9 ~ 15g.
Return to kidney and lung meridians.