Mu Jin Hua - 木槿花 - Flos Hibisci

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Flos Hibisci
Common English:	Rose of Sharon Shrubalthea Flower

Category

Herbs that Clear Heat: Herbs that Clear Damp-Heat

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Bland	Cold Cool	Lung Spleen	3-30g

Actions And Indications

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Damp-Heat and cools the Blood	Hematochezia, hemorrhoids Red and white dysentery Obstruction due to Wind-Phlegm, vomiting
Promotes urination	Leukorrhea
Disperses abscesses	Abscesses, Boils, Carbuncles, Furuncles

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

Major Combinations

Notes

1. The root skin, Mu Jin Pi, is sweet and neutral and enters the Large Intestine and Small Intestine channels. Its dosage is 3-9g, and it has antipyretic, anthelmintic and anti-fungal effects. It is used mainly for fungal skin infections. It relieves itching, treats scabies and stops diarrhea and dysentery. Topically, it is applied for Heat-type Chuang Yung.
2. Research has shown that it inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
3. It is usually applied to pyogenic infections.