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Flower Bud of Common Coltsfoot; Common Coltsfoot Flower

Flower Bud of Common Coltsfoot; Common Coltsfoot Flower. Class: Antitussive Antiasthmetics. Properties: Pungent; Slightly Bitter; Warm. Meridians: Lung

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Kuan Dong Hua
中文名 (Chinese)
款冬花
Latin Name
Farfarae Flos; Flos Farfarae
English Name
Flower Bud of Common Coltsfoot; Common Coltsfoot Flower
Alias Names
冬花款花看灯花艾冬花九九花
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Slightly Bitter; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Lung
Part Used
Bud
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Antitussive Antiasthmetics
功效分类 (CN)
止咳平喘药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To relieve cough and resolve phlegm to nourish the lung to keep the adverse qi downward.
Indication (主治)
Cough, cough and asthma with abundant phlegm, consumption cough and hemoptysis, chronic bronchitis, infection of upper respiratory tract, tuberculosis.
Clinical Manifestations
1. antitussive and expectorant. 2. relieving bronchospasm.
🔗 External References
SymMap
231
TCMID
2074
TCMSP
231
TCM-ID
1223