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Drains Heat, settles convulsions, extinguishes Wind and stops spasms

Extreme Heat stirring up Wind: high fever with convulsions, seizures, spasms or tremor, loss of consciousness and incoherent speech Can be used as a single herb Recently also given for manic schizophrenia with Heat

Clears Heat and unblocks the channels and collaterals

Bi with swollen, painful joints and limited movement: suited to Hot Bi, and to Cold Bi when combined with suitable herbs Hemiplegia from blocked channels, as after Wind-stroke

Clears the Lungs and calms wheezing

Cough and wheezing with Lung Heat, bronchitis among them; the classic partners are Xi Xin and Ma Huang Useful as a single herb here, in capsule or powder form or boiled with sugar into a syrup

Clears Heat and promotes urination

Hot, painful urinary dysfunction Severe edema, ascites and jaundice Heat clumped in the Bladder, with difficult urination or no urine at all; can be used alone, or paired with Mu Tong

Anchors Liver Yang and lowers blood pressure

High blood pressure from ascending Liver Yang

Promotes healing when applied topically

Mumps (acute parotitis), chronic leg ulcers, burns, boils and carbuncles, with the powder mixed with sugar and applied to the area