Mu Mian Hua木棉花
Flos GossampiniCotton
- Category
- Herbs that Clear Heat and Remove Toxins
- Nature
- cool
- Taste
- sweet, bland
- Channels entered
- Large Intestine
- Dosage
- 6–9 g
Actions & indications
- Dispels Heat, promotes diuresis, removes toxins and controls bleeding
- Diarrhea, red dysentery, suppuration
- Metrorrhagia, hemorrhoidal bleeding, incised wounds
Notes
- The red flower is said to heal red dysentery, and the white flower to treat white mucous dysentery.
- It has been shown to inhibit cancer cell growth.
- Burnt to ash, it is used mainly for metrorrhagia and incised wounds.
- The oil is acrid, hot, and slightly toxic, and is used mainly for pyogenic infections, scabies, tinea, and fire-related eye injury.
- The root, slightly bitter and cool, effectively expels pathogenic Wind, removes Dampness, invigorates the Blood, and reduces swelling.
- Stewed with lean pork, the bark has proven effective for Stomach and esophageal cancers.