NATURE:
Cold, sweet, attributive to lungs, heart, spleen and stomach.
CHARACTERISTICS:
Flowers, stem and leaves of a vine-like shrub with white then yellow
flowers. This herb is an inferior herb and not a tonic and should only be used
to control the symptoms over a few days.
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS:
Purify blood for infections and toxic material; expel wind and clear
internal heat with fever and swollen sore throat; antipyretic; treat skin
eruption and infection.
