Plum Flower
Flos Mume, Mume Flos
Mei Hua

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Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Slightly sour; calm

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treatment of: 1. qi stagnation in the liver and stomach manifested as distension and pain in the hypochondriac regions, belching and epigastric pain. mume flower (lu'emei) is used with bupleurum root (chaihu), cyperus tuber (xiangfu), green tangerine peel (qingpi) and costus root (muxiang). 2. phlegm and qi stagnated in the throat (globus hystericus) manifested as the sensation of a foreign body in the throat. mume flower (lu'emei) is used with trichosanthes peel (gualoupi), tangerine peel (chenpi), mulberry bark (sangbaipi), albizia bark (hehuanpi) and perilla leaf (zisuye).

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Treatment of: 1. qi stagnation in the liver and stomach manifested as distension and pain in the hypochondriac regions, belching and epigastric pain. mume flower (lu'emei) is used with bupleurum root (chaihu), cyperus tuber (xiangfu), green tangerine peel