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Clears Summerheat and Damp-Heat

Summerheat: low-grade fever, headache, dizziness, a stuffy oppressed chest and heavy limbs, whether or not there is sweating

Clears Deficiency Heat

Fever arising from deficient Yin or Blood, with afternoon or low-grade fever and heat in the palms, soles and chest Steaming bone fever, particularly when the patient does not sweat Lingering fever after a febrile illness

Clears Heat from the Ying level

Late-stage febrile disease with Heat in the Ying level: fever at night and chills by morning, thirst, a flushed face and irritability

Cools the Blood and stops bleeding

Nosebleed or purpuric rash caused by Heat in the Blood

Checks malarial disorders and relieves fever

Malaria-like disorders in which chills and fever alternate

Clears Liver and Gallbladder Heat and brightens the eyes

Red eyes, dizziness and sensitivity to light, from Liver Yang rising or Liver Heat