NATURE:
Warm; pungent and slightly bitter; attributive to lungs and bladder.
CHARACTERISTICS:
The stem of a low shrub with small yellow flowers and edible red berries.
It is a general herb; one of the best known and most commonly used Chinese
herb drugs for treating cold, cough and asthma. It can be used to treat
obesity as well for people with a strong constitution.
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS:
Induce sweating to expel common cold of wind-cold type; relieve cough and
dyspnea; promote diuresis to reduce edema; suppress appetite; open the nasal
passage; let out skin eruption and alleviate allergy; release external heat.
