Butterflybush Flower (Mimenghua)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Flos Buddlejae |
| Botanical Name: | Buddleja officinalis Maxim |
| Common Name: | Buddleja Butterflybush Flower |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Shennong Bencao Jing |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The flower buds are gathered in spring and dried in the sun. |
| Properties and Taste: | Sweet and slightly cold |
| Meridian: | Liver |
| Functions: | To clear heat in the liver To brighten the eyes and reduce corneal opacity |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Heat in the liver manifested as red, painful, and swollen eyes, photophobia, excessive tearing, and corneal opacity. *Use with Chrysanthemum flower (Juhua), Sea-ear shell (Shijueming) and Tribulus fruit (Baijili). 2. Deficient yin in the liver with yang attacking upward manifested as dizziness, blurred vision, dry eyes and corneal opacity. *Use with Wolfberry fruit (Gouqizi) and Flattened milkvetch seed (Shayuanzi). |
| Dosage: | 6-10 g |