Xuan Fu Hua
Name: Inula Flower (旋覆花)
Pinyin: Xuan Fu Hua
Pharm. Name: Flos Inulae
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Bitter, Acrid, Salty |
Direct qi downward and resolve phlegm, check the adverse flow of qi, and stop vomiting. |
Liver, Lung |
3-12g |
Description:
This herb is good at directing qi downward and resolving phlegm to relieve cough and dyspnea with the action of removing stuffiness and fullness. For cough and dyspnea due to cold-phlegm, it is combined with lung-warming and phlegm-resolving antitussives such as Ban Xia, Bai Jie Zi, and Su Zi. For hear phlegm, it is combined with cold and cool herbs such as Zhe Bei Mu, Gua Lou, and Zhu Ru to clear heat and resolve phlegm. This herb is also good at directing stomach qi downward to relieve vomiting and belching. For constant vomiting and belching resulted from turbid phlegm obstruction of middle energizer and adverse rising of stomach qi, it is combined with damp-drying and phlegm-resolving herbs and adverse flow of qi-checking and vomiting-stopping herbs such as Ban Xia and Ju Hong.