Campsis Flower (Lingxiaohua)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Flos Campsis |
| Botanical Name: | Campsis grandiflora (Thunb.) K. Schum. |
| Common Name: | Campsis flower |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Shennong Bencao Jing |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The flowers are gathered in full bloom. They are then dried in the shade. |
| Properties and Taste: | Pungent and slightly cold |
| Meridian: | Liver and pericardium |
| Functions: | To release stagnation and clear the meridians To cool the blood and dispel wind |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Amenorrhea caused by blood stagnation. *Use with Chinese angelica root (Danggui), Safflower (Honghua), Red peony (Chishao) and Siphonostegia (Liujinu). 2. General itching due to endogenous wind caused by excessive heat in the blood. *Use with Moutan bark (Mudanpi), Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang), Tribulus fruit (Baijili) and Cicada slough (Chantui). |
| Dosage: | 3-10 g |
| Cautions: | This herb is contraindicated during pregnancy. |