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 herb is described as sweet, slightly bitter, and slightly cold in Chinese herbal medicine Materia Medica. It targets the heart, lung, and stomach channels, nourishing yin in these organs, while also clearing heat and calming irritability.