旋覆花
Xuan Fu Hua
Xuan = rotated
Fu = upturned
Hua = flower
Also known as "British yellowhead" and Inula britannica flower. It travels to a bunch of channels: SP/ST, Lung, and Liver.
It also has several characteristics:
bitter spicy and SALTY (a way to remember, maybe, is that Xuan Fu Hua grow near water - also, it helps to dissipate fluid in the lungs)
It is a WARM herb.
Functions:
1. Reduces phlegm / "pathogenic water" (fluid in the lungs) and accompanying cough
2. It redirects the Qi downward and stops puking, hiccups, and belching.
It's descending nature can push out loose stools, so it's not for yin deficiency and loose stools due to deficiency.
Since it is a flower with lots of little hairy parts, please put Xuan Fu Hua is a cheese cloth bag to prevent throat irritation.
Also, like many phlegm reduction herbs, it is cautioned in pregnancy.
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