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Clears Heat and drains Fire from the Qi level, the Lungs and the Stomach

High fever at the Qi level, with intense thirst, restlessness and irritability, and a surging, rapid pulse Dryness and Heat in the Lungs, with cough and thick yellow phlegm Yang Ming Heat Stomach Heat

Nourishes Yin and moistens Dryness

Lung and Kidney Yin deficiency: sweating at night, steaming bone disorder, fever in the afternoon or of low grade, irritability, heat in the five centres (palms, soles and chest), and bleeding gums Stomach Yin deficiency Kidney Heat with spermatorrhea, nocturnal emissions or leakage of essence, and an abnormally strong sex drive

Generates Fluids, clears Deficiency Fire and relieves thirst

Mouth ulcers or inflammation, a dry mouth and throat, and thirst from Yin deficiency Xiao Ke (wasting and thirsting disorder, the classical counterpart of diabetes) from Yin deficiency

Tempers the dryness of tonifying or warming herbs

Added to herbs such as Huang Qi, Gui Zhi or Zhi Fu Zi when they risk being too drying