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Butterflybush flower
(Mimenghua)
Pharmaceutical Name: Flos Buddlejae
Botanical Name: Buddleja officinalis Maxim.
Common Name: Buddleja, Butterflybush flower
Source of Earliest Record: Kaibao Bencao
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The flower buds are gathered
in spring and dried in the sun.
Properties & Taste: Sweet and slightly
cold
Meridian: Liver
Functions:
1. To clear heat in the liver;
2. To brighten the eyes and reduce corneal
opacity
Indications & Combinations:
1. Heat in the liver manifested as red, painful
and swollen eyes, photophobia, excessive tearing
and corneal opacity. Butterflybush flower
(Mimenghua) is used with Chrysanthemum flower
(Juhua), Sea-ear shell (Shijueming) and Tribulus
fruit (Baijili).
2. Deficient yin in the liver with yang
attacking upward manifested as dizziness,
blurred vision, dry eyes and corneal opacity.
Butterflybush flower (Mimenghua) is used with
Wolfberry fruit (Gouqizi) and Flattened milkvetch
seed (Shayuanzi).
Dosage: 6-10 g |
