1 TASTE
Bitter and cold
2 MERIDIANS
Lung, stomach, large and small intestines
3 FUNCTIONS
1. To clear heat and release toxins; 2. To dry dampness
4 INDICATIONS
1. The beginning of warm febrile disease manifested as fever, headache and sore throat. Green chiretta (Chuan Xin Lian [3]) is used with Honeysuckle flower (Jin Yin Hua [4]), Platycodon root (Jie Geng [5]) and Arctium fruit (Niu Bang Zi [6]).2. Heat in the lungs manifested as cough and asthma or cough with yellow sputum. Green chiretta (Chunaxinlian) is used with Houttuynia (Yu Xing Cao [7]), Platycodon root (Jiegeng) and Trichosanthes fruit (Gua Lou [8]).3. Dysentery due to dampness and Green chiretta (Chuanxinlian) is used with Portulaca (Ma Chi Xian [9]).
5 DOSAGE
6-15 g
6 COUTIONS
Prolonged overdosing of this herb may impair stomach qi.
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