Therapeutic functions and clinical indications
- Clears Heat from the meridian and regulates the bowel;
- Used for frequent urination with dry stools: when Heat constrains the Spleen, drying the stools and discharging Heat through the urine (a chronic condition often seen in the elderly).
- Local point for redness and swelling of the dorsum of the foot, muscle atrophy and motor weakness of the foot.
