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Opens and disseminates Lung Qi, expels Phlegm and benefits the throat

Cough with copious sputum, sore throat or loss of voice, in either Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat patterns Wheezing or asthma Hoarseness or sore throat from external Heat, Phlegm-Heat or Heat from deficient Yin

Expels pus

Abscess of the Lung or throat from stagnant Phlegm and Qi: fever, chest pain, cough bringing up thick yellow sputum or blood and pus, with a fishy smell Lung carbuncle

Raises Lung and Large Intestine Qi

Sunken Qi patterns such as diarrhea, tenesmus, anuria or edema

Guides other herbs to the upper body

As a messenger herb, carries a formula's action up to the Lungs and throat and reinforces the other herbs there