Medicinals
hé huān huā / 合欢花 / 合歡花 / silk tree flower
Latin pharmacognostic name: Albiziae Flos
Alternate English names: Persian silk tree flower
Alternate Chinese names:
Origin: Plant
Use: medicinal
Category: Spirit-quieting agents / Heart-nourishing spirit-quieting agents
Properties: Similar to hé huān pí (Albiziae Cortex).
Channel entry: liver and pericardium channels.
Indications:
Hé huān huā is especially good at quieting the spirit and resolving depression. It treats vacuity vexation and insomnia, emotional depression, forgetfulness, and profuse dreaming. Two different products on the market are sold as hé huān huā. The official species is fluffy and downy; the other prominent species on the market is a dense, dried flower petal from the plant Magnolia coco (Lour.) DC. The latter is a substitute plant used in southern China that is commonly seen in Cantonese-owned herbal pharmacies in the West. It quiets the spirit and moves qì and blood.
Dosage & Method:
Oral: 5–10g. May be used alone or strengthened with the addition of other medicinals.
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