Scallion

Properties

Taste: pungent, bitter

Natural Attributes: Dry, Sharp, Penetrating 

Tissue impact (Vipak): Reducing

Thermal impact (Virya): Warming

Dosha impact: Increases Pitta, decreases Vata and Kapha

Digestive impact (Agni): Easy to digest

Channels (Srotas): opens

Feces: 

Urine: diuretic

Strength (Bala): clears congestionand obstruction

Mind (Manas): Rajasic

Effect: diaphoretic, expectorant, decongestant, digestive, appetizer, spleen tonic, detoxicant, blood thinner, vasodilator, antifungal, antimicrobial

Chinese five element impact: Wood

Chinese medicine syndromes: Moves Liver Qi Stagnation

Medicinal properties 

• Blood-circulation-liver: chest and heart pain, edema, water retention,  dilates blood vessels, prevents clotting, headache due to colicky blood vessels, edema 
• Muscles: muscle ache
• Bones-joints-tendon-ligaments: arthritis (caused by coldness)
• Respiratory system: sneezing, phlegm, clear the sinuses, external conditions in early stages (common cold, flu) 
• Digestive system: stomach ache, digestive, appetite builder, diarrhea, abdominal swelling and pain

Harmful for: excess heat – yellow tongue coating, yellow mucus, fever, great thirst