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Xuan Fu Hua

Also Known As:

Alant, Elfdock, Elfwort, Horse-Elder, Horseheal, Inula, Scabwort, Velvet Dock, Wild Sunflower, Yellow Starwort. Inula helenium, synonyms Helenium grandiflorum, Aster officinalis, Aster helenium.
Family: Asteraceae or Compositae.

Xuan Fu Hua      Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER  - WARM                                   Dosage: 3 – 12g.

Inula Flower                 Meridian: LIVER, LUNG, STOMACH, SPLEEN

-redirect lung Qi downward, expel cold-phlegm

-stop vomiting, rebellious Qi

Also Used For:

Orally, Xuan Fu Hua is used as an expectorant, antitussive, and diaphoretic, for diseases of the respiratory tract, as an anthelmintic, for improving stomach function, and as a diuretic.
Folk medicine, Xuan Fu Hua is used for asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough, cough associated with tuberculosis, nausea, and diarrhea.
In foods and beverages, Xuan Fu Hua is used as a flavoring ingredient.
In other manufacturing processes, Xuan Fu Hua is used as a fragrance component in cosmetics and soaps.

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