Xi Gua

Herbs that Clear Summer Heat 

 

 

Channels:
BL, HT, ST

Properties:
Sweet, Cold

Common:
Watermelon Fruit

Latin:
Fructus Citrulli Vulgaris

Actions:

  • Relieves summerheat, generates fluids, and promotes urination: for patterns associated with summerheat, especially when there is excess thirst, dry heaves, or scanty urination.
  • Reduces jaundice: used with other substances in treating icteric hepatitis.

Contraindications:

  • Caution in cases of damp-cold and cold from deficiency of the spleen and stomach.

Dosage:

  • 15-30 Grams. Part used = juice.