Its source is from branch and leaf of Mentha haplocalyx Briqi, family Labiata. The medicinal material is collected in summer and autumn, dried in shade, cut into pieces and the crude or fresh form is used for medication.
Medicinal Properties:
Pungent in flavor, cool in nature and attributive to the lung and liver meridians.
Actions:
Expel wind and heat, clear away heat from the head and eye, ease the throat, promote eruption, soothe the liver and disperse stagnation of liver-qi.
Application
1. For exterior syndrome due to wind and heat or seasonal febrile diseases at the early stage manifested as fever and anhidrosis, slight aversion to wind and cold and headache,
2. For the syndrome of wind and heat attacking upwards manifested as pleural effusion, breast pain, headache and redness of eyes, swollen and painful throat.
3. For unsmooth eruption of measles and rubella with itching.
4. For stagnation of liver-qi, oppressed feeling in the chest and hypochondriac pain, or swollen pain of breast and irregular menstruation.
