Yue Ji Hua月季花
Flos Rosae ChinensisChina Tea Rose Flower
Also known asChinese Tea Rose · Moonseason Rose Bud
- Category
- Herbs that Invigorate the Blood
- Nature
- warm
- Taste
- sweet
- Channels entered
- Liver
- Dosage
- 3–10 g
Usual doses
- Dosage
- 3–10 g
- Tincture
- 2–4 ml
Actions & indications
- Invigorates the Blood and regulates menstruation
- Blood Stasis with scanty menstruation, amenorrhea and/or chest and abdominal pain and distention
- Reduces swellings
- Neck swellings, scrofula (auxiliary)
- Regulates *Qi*
- Qi Stagnation
Contraindications
- Contraindicated in pregnancy.
- Use with caution in Spleen and Stomach Deficiency, as excess can cause diarrhea.
Combinations
Prepared as a wine for scanty menstruation or amenorrhea.
- Brown Sugar
Blood Stasis presenting with scanty menses or amenorrhea, abdominal pain, emotional stress and constipation
- Xia Ku Cao
- Zhe Bei Mu
- Zhi Mu Li
Scrofula
Ying-stage Heat presenting with high fever, irritability, hemoptysis, epistaxis and subcutaneous bleeding
Palpitations and insomnia caused by Heart Blood Deficiency
- Gua Lou
- Chuan Shan Jia
Breast abscess, sores and swellings
Notes
- This herb may be applied externally for boils and swellings.
- Rx. Rosae Chinensis, Yue Ji Gen, is used for leukorrhea, nocturnal emission and traumatic injury, at a dose of 6-20g.
- Yue Ji Hua and Flos Rosae Rugosae Mei Gui Hua both move Qi and Blood, treating irregular menstruation, premenstrual breast distention and abdominal pain from Qi and Blood Stagnation — Mei Gui Hua working chiefly on the Qi, Yue Ji Hua chiefly on the Blood. Mei Gui Hua reaches the Liver and Spleen channels, harmonizing the Liver, Spleen and Stomach, and is often chosen for Liver Qi Stagnation invading the Spleen and Stomach with chest oppression, belching, flank distention and poor appetite. Yue Ji Hua, entering the Liver channel alone, moves Blood more forcefully; it reduces swelling and resolves toxicity for sores arising when Qi and Blood Stagnation transforms into Fire, and it also treats scrofula.