Latin Name: Radix Asparagi

Properties: sweet, bitter, very cold

Actions: clears lung heat, tonifies kidney and lung Yin, generates fluids

Medical Indications: fever, thirst, dry cough, thick phlegm, chronic bronchitis, spitting blood, wasting and thirsting disorder, instant sweating, hot flashes, weakness in legs, spermatorrhea, constipation

Contraindications: not to be used in cases with diarrhea due to cold and middle Jiao deficiency, not to be used in cases with cough due to wind cold

Dosage: 6 to 15 grams

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