Promotes urination, clears heat - edema, lin syndromes due to damp-heat, generally in the lower warmer.
Solidifies the stool - diarrhea with damp-heat or damp-summerheat.
Clears the eyes - liver and kidney deficiency (dry eyes or cataracts) or heat in the liver channel (red, painful, swollen eyes and sensitive to light).
Nourish and tonify liver and kidney - yin and/or blood deficiency w/sore back and legs, low grade abdominal pain, impotence, nocturnal emission, xiao ke; neutral nature - commonly used for liver and kidney deficiency.
Benefits the essence and brightens the eyes - essence and blood are unable to nourish eyes, dizziness, blurred vision, diminished acuity.
Enrich yin and moisten the lungs - consumptive cough.