Ge Gen, 1lb

Raises the clear yang of yang brightness, encourages the Stomach qi and thus releases muscle layer heat and vents rashes; alleviates thirst by raising Stomach fluids, treats diarrhea.* - Bensky

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica

• Discharges exterior conditions and releases the muscles: for exterior disorders lodged in the muscles manifesting in fever, headache, and stiff or tight upper back and neck.*
• Relieves heat and generates fluids: for thirst due to Stomach heat. Especially appropriate in cases of externally-contracted heat.*
• Vents and discharges measles: to hasten recovery from measles with incomplete expression of the rash.*
• Relieves heat and generates fluids: for irritability and thirst from externally-contracted heat or wasting and thirsting diseases with internal heat.*
• Raises the yang and stops diarrhea: for diarrhea or dysenteric disorders due to heat. Can also be used for diarrhea due to Spleen deficiency, when combined with appropriate herbs.*
• Treats symptoms of hypertension: this herb has recently been used to treat the headache, dizziness, tinnitus, or paresthesias that can accompany hypertension.*