1.Reducing heat and resolving dampness

For the treatment of acute dysentery due damp-heat, it is often used in combination with Radix Pulsatillae, Sophorae Flavescentis, Radix Aucklandiae; for chronic dysentery, with Radix Sanguisorbae, Cortex Ailanthi, etc.

2.Clearing away liver-heat and brightening vision, relieving red eyes and nebula

For the treatment of bloodshot eyes with nebula it can be used for wash. For acute inflammation of the eyes with swelling and pain, with Herba Lophatheri, Rhizoma Coptidis, or with 6g of Rhizoma Coptidis and 12g of Talcum, which are pounded into powder and immersed in the hot water, and then used for fumigant and wash.