Butterflybush Flower (Mimenghua)

Butterflybush Flower (Mimenghua)

Pharmaceutical Name: Flos Buddlejae
Botanical Name: Buddleja officinalis Maxim
Common Name:Buddleja
Butterflybush Flower
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao Jing
art 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