1 TASTE
Bitter and cold
2 MERIDIANS
Heart, small intestine and urinary bladder
3 FUNCTIONS
1.To promote urination and regulate abnormal urination; 2. To invigorate blood circulation.
4 INDICATIONS
1. damp-heat in the urinary bladder manifested as scanty urine with blood, painful urination, frequent urination and urgency of micturition. Pink(Qu Mai [3]) is used with Clematis stem (Mu Tong [4]), Talc (Hua Shi [5]) and common knotgrass (Bian Xu [6]) in the formula bazheng san.2. amenorrhea from blood stagntion. Pink (Qumai) is used with herbs that invigorate blood circulation, such as Peach seed (Taored) and safflower (Hong Hua [7]).
5 DOSAGE
10-15g
6 COUTIONS
This herb is contraindicated during pregnancy.
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