1 TASTE
bitter, warm and toxic
2 MERIDIANS
Lung, kidney and large intestine
3 FUNCTIONS
1. To transform water and stop cough; 2. To resolve phlegm and stop cough; 3.. To kill worms
4 INDICATIONS
1. Edema in the face or body, ascites and retention of fluid in the chest. Genkwa flower (Yuan Hua [3]) is used with Kansui root (Gan Sui [4]) and Peking spurge root (Da Ji [5]) in the formula Shizao Tang.2. Sudden cough and cold-damp type of chronic bronchitis. Genkwa flower (Yuanhua) is used with Jujube (Da Zao [6]).3. Scabs, white ringworm and stubborn ringworm. Genkwa flower (Yuanhua) is ground into powder and combined with powdered Realgar (Xionghuang) and pig fat oil for external application.
5 DOSAGE
1.5-3 g
6 COUTIONS
This herb must mot be used with Licorice root (Gan Cao [7]) as it counteracts it, and Gemkwa flower (Yuanhua) is contraindicated during pregnancy.
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