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Feng Xian Hua

凤仙花
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Name

Feng Xian Hua (Flower of garden balsam)

  1. 凤仙花
  2. 鳳仙花
  3. 指甲花
  4. Flos Impatientis Balsaminae
  5. Flower of garden balsam

The Effect of Feng Xian Hua

Property

Sweet, warm, slightly bitter.

Actions

Expel wind and activate blood, resolve swelling and alleviate pain.

Indications

Traumatic injury, deep-rooted boil, sores and boils, rheumatic arthritis, amenorrhea, lumbago, fungal infection of the hand, leuconychia, incomplete elimination of static blood after delivery.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 3~9 g of the fresh, or pounded into powder or soaked in wine.
Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or decocted for washing.

Cautions

It is contraindicated to pregnant women.