Tian Hua Fen

Herbs that transform hot phlegm

 

 

Channels: LU, ST

Properties: Bitter, Slightly Sweet, Cold

English Translation: Heavenly Flower Powder

Common: Trichosanthes Root

Latin: Radix Tnichosanthis Kirlowii

Actions:

  • Clear Lung and stomach heat, generate fluid
  • Transform phlegm
  • Relieve Toxicity and expel pus

Indication

  1. Clear Lung heat and transform phlegm: coughing with or without phlegm or bloody phlegm; with Chuan Bei Mu, Sang Bai Pi
  2. Clear heat and generate fluids: fire burn stomach fluids, so feel thirst, dry mouth, irritability, or diabetes; with Ru Gen, Mai Men Dong
  3. Carbuncles or pus due to toxic heat; sore, swollen; with Jin Ying Hua, Zi Hua Di Ding, Pu Gong Ying, Ye Ju Hua

Dosage:

  • 9-15g

Precaution: Patients have deficiency of Spleen, and diarrhea should be prohibited