Mu Jin Hua木槿花
Flos HibisciShrubalthea Flower
Also known asRose of Sharon
- Category
- Herbs that Clear Damp-Heat
- Nature
- cold, cool
- Taste
- sweet, bland
- Channels entered
- Lung, Spleen
- Dosage
- 3–30 g
Actions & indications
- Clears Damp-Heat and cools the Blood
- Hematochezia, hemorrhoids
- Red and white dysentery
- Obstruction due to Wind-Phlegm, vomiting
- Promotes urination
- Leukorrhea
- Disperses abscesses
- Abscesses, boils, carbuncles, furuncles
Notes
- The root bark of this herb, Mu Jin Pi, is sweet, neutral, and enters the Large Intestine and Small Intestine channels; dosed at 3-9g, it has fever-reducing, anthelmintic, and antifungal actions and is used mainly for fungal skin infections. It relieves itching, treats scabies, and stops diarrhea and dysentery, and is applied topically for Heat-type Chuang Yung.
- It has been shown to inhibit cancer cell growth.
- It is commonly applied to pyogenic infections.