Latin Name: Rhizoma Imperatae Cylindricae

Properties: sweet, cold

Actions: cools blood and stops bleeding, clears heat from lungs and stomach, promotes urination

Medical Indications: hemorrhagic fever, hemoptysis, epistaxis, urinary problems, damp-heat jaundice, edema, stomach and lung heat with the following symptoms: irritability, nausea, vomiting, thirst, coughing

Contraindications: not to be used in cases of spleen deficiency or kidney Yang deficiency

Caution: to be used with care in cases of low blood pressure

Dosage: up to 60 grams

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