Xuan Fu Hua旋覆花

Dosis

3–12 g

Tincture

2–4 ml

• ·Contraindicated for those with a dry cough due to Yin Deficiency (tuberculosis).
• ·Contraindicated for those with a Wind-Heat cough.
• ·Contraindicated for debilitated patients with loose stools.

Concurrent use of diuretics such as chlorothiazide, hydrochlorothiazide, furosimide (Lasix), bumetanide (Bumex) and torsemide (Demadex) may increase elimination of water and electrolytes.

• ·This herb is used for dyspnea, asthma, hiccup, vomiting and belching.
• ·Some sources state that it resolves swelling and hardness and invigorates the Blood.
• ·Honey-frying moderates its warmth and prevents it from injuring Qi or Yin.
• ·One source states it treats Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency.
• ·Hb. Inulae Jin Fei Cao, the aerial part of the same plant, is salty, slightly bitter and warm; it transforms Phlegm and stops coughing, and is used for more superficial conditions than Xuan Fu Hua.
• ·It is used mainly for rebellious Stomach Qi.
• ·It directs rebellious Qi downward, disperses Phlegm, transforms thin mucus, relieves epigastric obstruction, harmonizes the Stomach, eases nausea and drains the Lungs.
• ·It should be wrapped in cheesecloth before decocting, to avoid swallowing the flower's fine spines.
• ·Xuan Fu Hua and Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia both disperse clumped Phlegm, settle the Stomach and stop vomiting. Zhi Ban Xia works mainly by drying Dampness to transform Phlegm, and suits profuse, thin, clear Phlegm that is easily coughed up. Xuan Fu Hua instead sends rebellious Qi downward, breaks up accumulated clumps and moves pathogenic water, making it more suitable for thick, viscous Phlegm that is hard to expectorate, or for flank distention and chest-and-abdomen fullness from accumulated water and thin mucus, or for nausea from Middle Jiao Qi Deficiency allowing water and Dampness to accumulate in the Spleen and Stomach.
• ·Xuan Fu Hua and Pumex Fu Shi are both salty and therefore able to soften hardened Phlegm; combining them treats clumped, viscous sputum that resists expectoration. Xuan Fu Hua is warm, bitter and acrid, guiding Qi downward to treat cough, wheezing and nausea, while Fu Hai Shi is cold and better suited to hot, viscous Phlegm or to Lung Heat injuring the collaterals and causing hemoptysis.
• ·Xuan Fu Hua and Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi both send rebellious Lung and Stomach Qi downward to stop nausea, vomiting and wheezing; it additionally sedates Liver Yang, cools the Blood and stops bleeding. Dai Zhe Shi relies on its heaviness to sink rebellious Qi and its bitter coldness to cool Liver Fire, whereas Xuan Fu Hua uses its saltiness to soften clumped, hardened Phlegm, which its warm acridity then disperses and its bitterness sends downward — making it the more suitable choice when clumped Phlegm obstructs the ascent and descent of Qi, causing nausea, vomiting and wheezing.
• ·Honey-prepared Inula Flower Mi Zhi Xuan Fu Hua is less acrid, bitter, warming, drying and descending, allowing it to send Qi downward without injuring it and to descend Phlegm without harming the Yin; it suits patients with Lung Qi or Yin Deficiency presenting cough, wheezing and Phlegm or thin mucus.
• ·Inula Stalks Xuan Fu Geng act similarly to the flowers and are used mainly for cough, wheezing and rebellious Qi from Cold-Phlegm obstruction, as well as for nausea, vomiting and belching from Internal pathogenic water and Dampness.
• ·Xuan Fu Hua with Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu is said to work best for right-sided hypochondriac pain, while Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi with Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo works best for left-sided hypochondriac pain.