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Promotes urination, leaches out Damp and relieves painful urinary dysfunction

Excess Heat Hot, painful, dribbling urination with dark, scanty urine, usually from Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao

Clears Heart Heat, leads Fire downward and calms the Spirit

Poor sleep in children (night crying, night terrors, restless sleep) with irritability that is worse at night and dark, scanty urine; it can be used on its own Heart and Kidneys failing to communicate, with insomnia and restless sleep Kidney Yin deficiency with Heart Fire Yin deficiency of the Heart and Kidneys Excess (Shi) Heat in the Small Intestine

Clears Lung Heat

Sore throat from Lung Heat; the charred herb eases the pain, taken internally or applied topically

Cools the Blood and stops bleeding

Bleeding from Heat, using the charred herb; unprocessed, it drains water and clears Heat instead