Qian Ri Hong千日红
Flos Gomphrenae
- Category
- Herbs that transform Phlegm and stop cough
- Nature
- neutral
- Taste
- sweet
- Channels entered
- Lung, Liver
- Dosage
- 3–9 g
Usual doses
- Flower
- 3–9 g
- Whole Herb
- 15–30 g
Actions & indications
- Stops cough and asthma
- Asthma
- Cleans the Blood, Subdues Rising Liver Yang, brightens the eyes and clears the brain
- White dysentery, diarrhea, goiter, scrofula, eye pain due to Liver Heat
Notes
In folk use, a water decoction taken with wine treats asthma and pertussis.