Traditional Chinese Medicine/Xin Yi Hua

Xin Yi Hua-Flower

(Chinese name: 辛夷花)

English name: Magnolia Flower

Latin name: Flos Magnoliae Lilliflorae

Taste & Temperature:
 * ../Xin-Spicy/
 * ../Wen-Warm/

Channels:
 * Hand Tai Yin of Lung
 * Foot Yang Ming of Stomach

Actions & Indications:
 * disperse Wind-Cold (Warm & Spicy)
 * for rhinitis, sinusitis
 * opens nasal orifices

Contraindications:
 * Qi & Yin deficiency causing excessive sweating
 * Yin deficiency with Heat signs

Caution:
 * Yin syndrome
 * Blood deficiency
 * chronic skin infection

Dosage:
 * 1-3 qian (3-9 grams)

Cooking:
 * crush, cook in cheesecloth

back to:
 * ../TCM Materia Medica/
 * ../Xin Wen Jie Biao/