INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: XIANG RI GUI JING SUI - 向日葵茎髓 - CAULIS HELIANTHI ANNUI

Pharmaceutical Latin: Caulis Helianthi Annui
Common English: Sunflower Stem Pith

CATEGORY

Herbs that Clear Heat and Drain Dampness

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Sweet
Neutral
Warm
Bladder
9-15g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat and induces diuresis (clears Damp-Heat)

Gonorrhea, leukorrhea, rubella, chyluria

Opens the Orifices, expels wind and relieves coughing

Whooping cough

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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NOTES

  1. This herb inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
  2. The seed is used to promote the movement of Qi and promote pyogenesis.
  3. The bitter leaf and flower are used to reinforce the function of the Stomach.
  4. Flos Helianthi Xian Ri Gui Hua Pan is sweet and warm, promotes urination, opens the Orifices, reduces Heat and expels Wind, for headaches, dizziness, toothaches, Stomach and abdominal pain, menorrhagia and furuncles.
  5. A decoction of the pericarpium is used to treat tinnitus.
  6. The root is used for Stomach, Intestinal, chest and hypochondriac pain, and as a laxative and purgative.
  7. Take 15g of the fresh juice squeezed from the seeds and mixed with honey to treat constipation and bradycardia.