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Genkwa flower (Yuanhua)
Pharmaceutical
Name : Flos Genkwa
Botanical Name : Daphne genkwa Sieb. et
Zucc.
Common Name : Genkwa flower
Source of Earliest Record : Shennong Bencao
Jing
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations : The flower buds are gathered
in spring and dried in the sun, baked or fried
with vinegar.
Properties & Taste : Pungent, bitter,
warm and toxic
Meridians : Lung, kidney and large intestine
Functions :
1. To transform water and stop cough;
2. To resolve phlegm and stop cough;
3. To kill worms
Indications & Combinations:
1. Edema in the face or body, ascites and
retention of fluid in the chest. Genkwa flower
(Yuanhua) is used with Kansui root (Gansui)
and Peking spurge root (Daji) in the formula
Shizao Tang.
2. Sudden cough and cold-damp type of chronic
bronchitis. Genkwa flower (Yuanhua) is used
with Jujube (Dazao).
3. Scabs, white ringworm and stubborn ringworm.
Genkwa flower (Yuanhua) is ground into powder
and combined with powdered Realgar (Xionghuang)
and pig fat oil for external application.
Dosage: 1.5-3 g
Cautions & Contraindications: This herb
must not be used with Licorice root (Gancao)
as it counteracts it, and Genkwa flower (Yuanhua)
is contraindicated during pregnancy. |
