INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: LING XIAO HUA - 凌霄花 - FLOS CAMPSIS

Pharmaceutical Latin: Flos Campsis
Common English: Campsis Flower
Trumpet Creeper

CATEGORY

Herbs that Regulate Blood: Herbs that Invigorate Blood

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Sweet
Sour
Slightly Cold
Liver
Pericardium
3-10g
External: 30g
Tincture: 1-3ml

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Dispels Blood Stagnation, unblocks the channels and vessels and disperses abdominal masses

Blood Stasis including postpartum breast lumps, abdominal masses, amenorrhea, and trauma

Cools Blood and disperses Wind

Itching and other signs of Blood Heat

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with significant Qi and Blood Deficiencies.
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Rx. Angelicae Sinensis
Dang Gui
Flos Carthami
Hong Hua
Rx. Paeoniae Rubrae
Chi Shao

Fr. Tribuli
Ci Ji Li
Rx. Rehmanniae
Sheng Di Huang
Periostracum Cicadae
Chan Tui

Fr. Gardeniae
Zhi Zi

 

Amenorrhea due to Stasis and stag-nation

Itching due to Blood Heat

Hemorrhoids

Brandy nose

Flos Sophorae
Huai Hua

Hemafecia or uterine bleeding

 

 

NOTES

  1. It expels lurking Fire at the Blood level.
  2. It governs disorders in women due to childbirth and breastfeeding.
  3. Trumpet Creeper Root Ling Xiao Gen is used for rheumatic pain, acute gastroenteritis and traumatic injury. Dosage: 10-30g.