Pharmaceutical Name:

Flos Buddlejae

Botanical Name:

Buddleja officinalis Maxim 

Common Name:

Buddleja
Butterflybush Flower

Source of Earliest Record:

Shennong Bencao Jing

Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations:

The flower buds are gathered in spring and dried in the sun.

Properties and Taste:

Sweet and slightly cold

Meridian:

Liver

Functions:

To clear heat in the liver
To brighten the eyes and reduce corneal opacity

Indications and Combinations:

1.     Heat in the liver manifested as red, painful, and swollen eyes, photophobia, excessive tearing, and corneal opacity. 
*Use with Chrysanthemum flower (Juhua), Sea-ear shell (Shijueming) and Tribulus fruit (Baijili).

2.      Deficient yin in the liver with yang attacking upward manifested as dizziness, blurred vision, dry eyes and corneal opacity.
*Use with Wolfberry fruit (Gouqizi) and Flattened milkvetch seed (Shayuanzi).

Dosage:

6-10 g