Pink
(Qumai)
Pharmaceutical Name: Herba dianthi
Botanical Name : 1. Dianthus superbus L.;
2. Dianthus chinensis L.
Common Name : Dianthus, Pink
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao
Jing
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations : The whole plant is gathered
and dried after it flowers in summer or autumn.
Properties & Taste : Bitter and cold
Meridians: Heart, small intestine and urinary
bladder
Functions:
1. To promote urination and regulate abnormal
urination;
2. To invigorate blood circulation
Indications & Combinations:
1. Damp-heat in the urinary bladder manifested
as scanty urine with blood, painful urination,
frequent urination and urgency of micturition.
Pink (Qumai) is used with Clematis stem (Mutong),
Talc (Huashi) and Common knotgrass (Bianxu)
in the formula Bazheng San.
2. Amenorrhea from blood stagnation. Pink
(Qumai) is used with herbs that invigorate
blood circulation, such as Peach seed (Taoren)
and Safflower (Honghua).
Dosage: 10-15 g
Cautions & Contraindications:
This herb is contraindicated during pregnancy. |
