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Clears Heat and drains Fire

Damp-Heat in the Bladder or Lower Jiao, an acute excess pattern Heat in the Heart channel passing to the Small Intestine, with sores of the mouth, tongue or throat Fever, thirst with little wish to drink, a dry mouth and throat, a parched or very sore throat and scorched lips Constipation and irritability Red, painful eyes and nosebleed Tongue red with a thick, greasy yellow coat; pulse slippery and rapid, possibly forceful

Promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction (Lin)

Urination that is hot, dark, cloudy, scanty and difficult, or frequent, urgent and painful, sometimes red, dribbling or not fully emptying Stone Lin, with urinary stones, and Blood Lin In severe cases retention of urine, complete blockage or no urine at all, with lower abdominal fullness and pain Distending pain in the lower back Copious whitish or yellow vaginal discharge

Modern uses

Acute urinary tract infections Cystitis Interstitial cystitis Female Bladder infections Urethritis Urolithiasis Acute prostatitis Benign prostatic hypertrophy Prostate cancer Acute glomerulonephritis Acute nephritis Nephritis Pyelonephritis Acute pyelonephritis Pyelitis Kidney failure Uroschesis Post-surgical urinary retention Oliguria Polyuria Dysuria Strangury AIDS/HIV-related stranguria Hematuria Chyluria Enuresis Urinary incontinence Spermatorrhea Male gonorrhea Herpes genitalia Vaginitis Vaginal discharge Leukorrhagia Metrorrhagia Cervical cancer Edema Edema during pregnancy Postpartum convulsions Stomatitis Sore throat Red eyes Eye pain Pterygium Epistaxis Headache Fever Low back pain Gout Constipation Chronic hepatitis Hernia mu tong hua shi che qian zi qu mai bian xu zhi zi da huang deng xin cao gan cao dang gui