Yuan Hua
| Yuan Hua in TCM:Explore the properties of Yuan Hua according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: genkwa flower, lilac daphne flower bud
Pharmacuetical Name: Flos Genkwa
Properties: toxic, acrid,
bitter, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: LU, LI, KD
Flavors: toxic, bitter, pungent
Special Properties:
resolves water accumulations, expels parasites, resolves phlegm
Actions / Indications:
- Drains water downwards; drive out congested fluid (ascites,
bloating, abdominal distension, fluid in chest or abdomen; pleurisy;
dispels phlegm; stops cough)
- Kills parasites (scalp lesions; tinea, mastities,
eczema, topically for ringworm; carbuncles)
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: weak patients)
- (note: incompatible with gan cao)
- (note: gan sui, da ji, and yuan hua are often presribed together and
are listed here in their order of relative strength from strongest to
weakest)
Special Notes:
- Similar to Gan Sui, Yuan Hua
has similar actions to purge stagnation and eliminate water accumulation.
- Combine with bing lang for intestinal
parasites.
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