Shrubalthea Flower
Flos Hibisci
Mu Jin Hua

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Cool; sweet; slightly bitter

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and disinhibit damp, cool blood and resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Intestinal wind bleeding, red and white dysentery, bleeding from hemorrhoids, lung heat cough, hemoptysis, vaginal discharge, swollen welling abscess, sore and boil, scalds.