Huai Hua
Name: Pagoda Tree Flower (槐花)
Pinyin: Huai Hua
Pharm. Name: Flos Sophorae
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Bitter |
Cool blood and stop bleeding, purging liver fire. |
Liver, Large Intestine, Lung |
4.5-16g |
Description:
The dried bud or flower of deciduous macrophanerophytes of Sophora japonica. This herb is slightly cold and cool and has the actions of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Therefore, it is indicated for various bleeding caused by recklessly blood flow due to blood heat. It is the optimum for heat-induced bleeding in the lower part of the body, such as bloody hemorrhoid and hematochezia because it is bitter with actions of descending and clearing and purging fire-heat in the large intestine to stop bleeding. It is also good at clearing and purging liver fire. It is indicated for blood-shot eyes, head distension, headache, and vertigo, and dizziness due to the up-flaming of liver fire.