Mi Meng Hua密蒙花
Flos BuddlejaeBuddlieae Flower Bud
Autres nomsPale Butterfly Bush Flower
- Catégorie
- ** Herbs that Clear Heat and Drain Fire; Herbs that Clear Heat in the *Qi* Stage
- Nature
- légèrement frais
- Saveur
- doux
- Tropisme
- Foie
- Posologie
- 3–10 g
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Doses usuelles
- Posologie
- 3–10 g
- Tincture
- 1–3 ml
Actions & indications
- Clears the Liver, brightens eyes and reduces superficial visual obstruction
- Red, swollen, painful eyes, excessive tearing, superficial visual obstruction, cataracts or photophobia, glare
- It can be used for either Excess or Deficiency
Contre-indications
- This herb carries slight toxicity and should be used with caution.
- Excessive dosing should be avoided, as it may cause dizziness, vomiting, dyspepsia, numbness of the limbs, and tremors.
Interactions
Using this herb together with diuretics such as chlorothiazide, hydrochlorothiazide, furosimide (Lasix), bumetanide (Bumex), or torsemide (Demadex) may increase the loss of water and electrolytes.
Associations
Eyes that are red, swollen, and painful, with excessive tearing or superficial visual obstruction from Wind-Heat or Liver Fire.
Blurred or otherwise diminished vision from Liver and Kidney Deficiency.
Eye disorders arising from Wind-Heat.
Liver conditions caused by Liver Heat.
Blurred vision resulting from Liver Deficiency.
Superficial obstruction of vision.
Notes
- It benefits the eyes by tonifying Liver Yin and clearing Liver Heat.
- It enters the Liver channel at both the Qi and Blood levels; its sweetness tonifies Blood while its coldness clears Heat.
- It is commonly used for progressive vision loss, blurred vision, and visual obstruction.
- It also moistens Dryness of the Liver.
- This herb may also be used to stuff a pillow.
- Mi Meng Hua and Flos Eriocauli Gu Jing Cao both expel Wind, clear Heat, benefit the eyes and reduce superficial visual obstruction, and the pair is frequently combined for eye disorders. Gu Jing Cao is acrid, sweet and cool, entering the Liver and Stomach channels, and suits eye problems as well as Wind-related headache and toothache. Mi Meng Hua is sweet and cold and enters the Liver channel alone; its rising, dispersing action is milder than that of Gu Jing Cao, but it excels at simultaneously clearing Liver Heat, tonifying Liver Blood and moistening Liver Dryness, making it suitable for eye disorders of every type.
- Mi Meng Hua and Hb. Celosiae Qing Xiang Zi both clear the Liver, sharpen vision and reduce superficial visual obstruction. Mi Meng Hua nourishes Liver Blood while clearing Heat, whereas Qing Xiang Zi is bitter, cold and sinking in nature, making it suitable only for Liver Fire or Heat toxin surging upward into the eyes.