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Drains Heat and purges accumulation

Excess Heat in the Intestines with constipation, a distended and painful abdomen, high fever, heavy sweating, thirst and delirium; the tongue coat is yellow and the pulse full Yang Ming Fu-organ pattern Heat at the Qi level lodged in the Intestines

Drains Fire

Excess Fire with high fever, sore throat, painful eyes and constipation Sores from Fire toxin with Heat at the Blood level, especially when the bowels are blocked

Clears Heat, transforms Damp and promotes urination

Damp-Heat showing as jaundice, edema, painful urinary dysfunction or acute hot dysentery, with the Damp-Heat drained out through the stool

Drains Heat from the Blood

Blood in the stool from hemorrhoids or from Intestinal Heat Heat driving the Blood out of its vessels, with nosebleed or coughing or vomiting of blood, and constipation Bleeding in the upper digestive tract, taken by mouth as a powder

Invigorates Blood and dispels stasis

Blood stasis with absent or painful periods, fixed abdominal masses or tumors, or pain in a fixed place Stasis after traumatic injury Intestinal abscess

Clears Heat and resolves Fire toxicity

Burns and skin lesions from Heat (Chuang Yung), applied to the skin or taken internally Fever and swollen eyes from toxic Heat

Clears Heat and eliminates Phlegm

Long-standing Phlegm-Heat with cough, labored breathing, mania, confusion and other signs of Phlegm misting the Heart