Chinese Rose Flower Rosa chinensis (Flos Rosae Chinensis)
Medicines that activate blood and resolve stasisWarm
Source-based · educational reference
Traditional recorded function
Activate blood and regulate menstruation, relieve depression and reduce swelling
1. Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, and chest and abdominal distending pain due to Liver Qi stagnation and blood stagnation. 2. Sores, carbuncles, swelling and pain, scrofula, and traumatic injury. (May be taken by steeping in boiling water.)
Nature & taste
SweetWarm
Meridians entered
Liver
Botanical source
Accepted nameRosa chinensis Jacq.
FamilyRosaceae
Herbal properties
WarmDescendingDispersing
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