It is a popular and well known herbal dietary supplement for useful in the health of the head, ears, mouth, gums, tongue and throat. Dispels wind-heat, neutralizes toxic heat, and purges internal heat in the stomach and lung. Primarily used for serious exogenous invasion to upper burner causing high fever, headache, sore throat, and ear infection. Beneficial for wind-heat in the skin, causing redness and itching, including hives. Can be used for endogenous heat in the stomach channel causing swollen gums, toothache, nosebleed, insomnia, and red eye. Useful for heat and damp-heat in lower burner causing constipation, diarrhea or concentrated scanty urine. Source: Wan Bing Hui Chuan, (Recovery of Ten Thousand Patients), Ming Dynasty, 1386-1644 Function Relieve fire; dispel wind-heat. Clear wind-heat in upper warmer and middle warmer. Promote bowel movement Application: Use to relieve wind-heat syndrome associated with common cold or flu. Symptoms: Fever, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, mouth ulcer, swollen gums, sore throat, conjunctivitis, toothache, or constipation. Use to relieve hypertension with dizziness, headache, red eyes, flushed face associated with wind-heat syndrome. (Note: the patient must have heat signs to use this formula.) Tonsillitis, parotitis, otitis media, acute bronchitis, acute pneumonia, pulmonary abscess, and skin infections including sores, carbuncles, boils. Contraindication: Do not use with pregnant women.