Chinese name:

Source:

Menthae Herba - herb

Nature:

• cooling

Taste:

• acrid

Tropism:

• lungs

• liver (heart, pericardium)

Direction of action:

• ascending

Effects:

• disperses FENG RE

• clears heat
• soothes the liver

Dosage:

• 1 – 8 g, standardly 4 g

Contraindications:

• may induce sweating and consume qi, therefore do not use in cases of excessive sweating due to deficiency, blood dryness due to yin deficiency, or rising liver yang; do not use during breastfeeding