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| For: Various types of coughs • Productive coughs |
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Category: Phlegm Cough + Wheezing  |
| English: Coltsfoot Flower Pinyin: Kuan Dong Hua Pharmaceutical: Flos Tussilao Farfara |
| Organs: Lung Temperature: Warm Taste: Pungent Toxicity: |
| Actions: Moisten Lung • Stops cough • Resolve phlegm |
| Indications: Various types of cough - especially with cold symptoms • Can be used with heat if combined with other herbs |
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| Dosage: 4.5g to 9g Guidelines |
| Parts Used: Flower. Good quality consists of purplish red, large flower buds with short (5mm) stalks. Pale reddish, yellowish, or purplish black flower buds are of inferior quality. Open flowers with long, wooden stalks should not be used. [21] Notable for: Various coughs with cold symptoms Moisten lungs |
| Other: Mi Zhi Kuan Dong Hua (honey fried) - Greater moistening capability • Kuan Dong Hua / Zi WanStop cough, Resolve phlem; Kuan Dong Hua better at stopping cough. Zi Wan is stronger at resolving phlem. |
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| ■ KUAN DONG HUA/ ZI WAN: cough and phlegm due to various etiologies primarily used for Cold-induced cough(warm but not dry). She Gan Ma Huang Tang, Leng Xiao Wan.[35] |
| Formulas with Kuan Dong Hua |
| Kuan Dong Hua San • She Gan Ma Huang Tang |
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Herbal medicine may interact negatively with pharma drugs and other herbs. Examples below:
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