Ji Guan Hua - 雞冠花 - Flos Celosiae Cristatae

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Flos Celosiae Cristatae
Common English:	Celosia Flower Coxcomb Flower

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Astringent	Cool	Liver Large Intestine (Kidney) (Bladder)	4.5-15g Tincture: 2-5ml

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Restrains and holds to stop bleeding and vaginal discharge	A variety of bleeding and other discharges from the Lower Jiao
Binds the Intestines, Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, Stops bleeding	Dysenteric disorders, especially chronic cases or those marked by Blood
*Consolidates Jing* and stops diarrhea**	Stops diarrhea, dysentery and vaginal discharges

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Contraindicated for those with uterine bleeding due to Blood Stasis.
Contraindicated for those with early stages of dysenteric disorders with Exterior signs.
Contraindicated for those with Damp-Heat.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Rx. Boehmeriae Zhu Ma Gen Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao	Rz. Zingiberis Preparatum Pao Jiang Rx. Astragali Huang Qi Fr. Corni Shan Zhu Yu	Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu Flos Sophorae Huai Hua
Irregular uterine bleeding due to Blood Heat	Irregular uterine bleeding due to Cold from Deficiency of the Chong and Ren channels	Bleeding hemorrhoids
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi	Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu Sm. Euryales Qian Shi	Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng
Damp-Heat vaginal discharge	Vaginal discharge from Dampness due to Spleen Qi Deficiency	Red and white dysenteric disorders
Per. Granati Shi Liu Pi Cx. Ailanthi Chun Pi	Ophicalcitum Hua Rui Shi Cacumen Platycladi Ce Bai Ye Charred Pollen Typhae Pu Huang	Flos Sophorae Huai Hua Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang Rx.et Rz. Rhei Da Huang
Unremitting, chronic dysenteric disorders	Hematemesis Epistaxis	Intestinal bleeding and bleeding hemorrhoids due to Heat
Ophicalcitum Hua Rui Shi Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji Galla Chinensis Wu Bei Zi	Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin	Flos Longan Long Yan Hua
Uterine bleeding	Diarrhea or dysentery	White vaginal discharge

For incessant menstruation, it can be used by itself as a powder dissolved in wine.
Its indications include bleeding hemorrhoids, red and white dysentery, hematemesis, hemoptysis, Blood Lin, metrorrhagia, and red and white vaginal discharge.
A decoction of the flowers can be used as a wash for vaginal pruritis and discharge.
Charred Flos Celosiae Ji Guan Hua Tan is less Cool but astringes bleeding and vaginal discharge more effectively.
It has been found to clear trichomonas vaginitis within ten minutes.
It has also been found to kill parasites.