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White Hibiscus Flower Hibiscus syriacus

Not yet categorizedCold
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Traditional recorded function

Clear heat and drain dampness, cool blood and detoxify; above, it clears lung heat; below, it promotes water passage; it dissipates accumulations and guides out stagnation, cools blood and harmonizes the nutritive level, reduces swelling and expels pus, and stops diarrhea and dysentery. It has a rather rapid effect in clearing and transforming lower-jiao Damp-heat, so it has functions such as anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antibacterial, freeing strangury, stopping diarrhea, and stopping dysentery.

Intestinal wind with bloody stool, dysentery with red and white discharge, diarrhea, hemorrhoidal bleeding, cough due to Lung heat, hemoptysis, leukorrhea, sores, boils, and carbuncle swellings, and burns/scalds. It can be used for pyelonephritis, bacillary dysentery, etc.

Nature & taste

BitterCold

Meridians entered

LungSpleen

Botanical source

Accepted nameHibiscus syriacus L.

FamilyMalvaceae

Herbal properties

ColdDispersingDrying

Found in these formulas

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