- Clears heat and detoxifies, clears the liver, and moistens the lungs.
- Has effects like strengthening the spleen and lungs, regulating qi, reducing dampness, relaxing tendons, activating channels, relieving cough, and reducing phlegm.
- It can be used in soups to remove dampness and relieve summer heat, suitable for all ages.
- Effects: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, dispels dampness, relaxes tendons and channels.
- Five-finger grass, known as "southern astragalus" in traditional Chinese medicine, is used for its roots. It can tonify qi, strengthen the spleen, eliminate phlegm, reduce dampness, and relax tendons and channels. This name suggests that it has the qi-tonifying and spleen-strengthening effects of astragalus but without the warm nature of astragalus, making it very suitable for use in the southern climate. People in Guangdong like to use it in soups with pork bones or chicken to remove heat and dampness.