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Promotes urination and reduces edema

Edema with a swollen, full abdomen and difficult urination Ascites Leg Qi with edema from water accumulation

Clears Damp-Heat and relieves jaundice

Jaundice of a mild, Damp-Heat type

Disperses Blood stasis, reduces swelling, resolves Fire toxicity and drains pus

Sores, carbuncles and furuncles (Chuang Yang), taken internally or applied as a paste of the powdered bean Erysipelas and toxic swellings