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Clears Heat and cools the Blood

Heat at the Xue level, or Blood Heat with bleeding such as vomiting blood, fever, a dry mouth and a purple or red-purple tongue

Nourishes Yin

After a Warm febrile disease, Heat from depleted Yin with dry Lungs, poor sleep, constipation, irritability and a clouded Shen Dry cough from dry Lungs with Yin deficiency Heart Yin deficiency

Softens hardness, dissipates nodules and transforms Phlegm-Heat

Lumps in the neck from Phlegm-Fire, such as goiter and scrofula, and swollen tonsils A throat that is badly swollen and painful

Drains Fire

Extreme sore throat, or red, swollen eyes

Relieves toxicity

Heat at the Ying level