According to the Chinese herbal medicine Materia Medica, the herb is sweet, slightly bitter, and slightly cold; it enters the heart, lung and stomach channels, thus nourishes the yin of the stomach, spleen, heart, and lungs, and clears heat and quiets irritability.
The Chinese herbal medicine Materia Medica describes this herb as sweet, slightly bitter, and slightly cold, with a focus on its effects on the heart, lung, and stomach channels. It nourishes yin in these organs while also clearing heat and calming irritability.