Chinese Medicine (From Hong Kong Baptist University website, July 2014): Properties & Actions Taste sweet, cool in nature. Nourishing yin moistening the lung, invigorating spleen and calming the mental state. Indications & Usage Used for tuberculous empsyxis, poor appetite, neurasthenia. Oral administration: decocting, 3-9g, fresh products 9-15g. Examples Empsyxis due to tuberculosis: discolor ludisia herb 30g. Wash clean, chew and swallow, or pestle, collect and drink the juice. HFO Note: Empsyxis appears to have multiple meanings including coughing up blood.