Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.
- Disperses wind and clears heat: for patterns of externally-contracted wind-heat, especially with loss of voice and swollen, sore throat, as in Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Decoction (sang yu yin).*
- Vents rashes: for early stage of measles with an incomplete expressioin of the rash.*
- Clears the eyes and removes superficial visual obstruction: for wind-heat eye problems such as red, painful, and swollen eyes, or blurry vision.*
- Stops spasms and extinguishes wind: for childhood febrile diseases in which wind causes convulsions, spasms, delirium, or night terrors. Also used as an auxiliary substance in treating tetanus.*
