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Promotes urination, drains Damp and clears Damp-Heat

Damp-Heat, usually in the Lower Jiao, with edema and painful urinary dysfunction Lin syndrome: urination that is painful, difficult or dribbling, or turbid and burning from Damp-Heat in the Bladder Vaginal discharge from Damp-Heat

Promotes urination to firm the stool

Diarrhea from Damp-Heat Summerheat with Damp

Clears Liver Heat and brightens the eyes

Dry eyes and weakening sight from Liver and Kidney Yin deficiency, combined with herbs that nourish the Liver and Kidneys Light sensitivity with red, swollen and painful eyes, from Heat in the Liver channel

Clears the Lungs, expels Phlegm and stops cough

Cough from Lung Heat with plenty of yellow phlegm