Abutilon (Dongkuizi)
Pharmaceutical
Name: Semen Malvae.
Botanical
Name: Malva verticillata L.
Common
Name: Abutilon seed.
Source
of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao Jing.
Part
Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: After the fruit
ripens in summer or autumn, the seeds are gathered and ground into powder.
Properties
& Taste: Sweet and cold
Meridians:
Large intestine and small intestine.
Functions:
1. To promote urination and regulate abnormal urination; 2. To promote
lactation; 3. To moisten intestines and move feces.
Indications
& Combinations:
1. Dysuria and edema: Abutilon
(Dongkuizi) is used with Poria (Fuling) and White atractylodes (Baizhu).
2. Scanty urine with blood and painful
urination: Abutilon (Dongkuizi) is used with Plantain seed (Cheqianzi),
Lygodium spores (Haijinsha) and Talc (Huashi).
3. Obstructed lactation and breast
distension: Abutilon (Dongkuizi) is used with Amomum fruit (Sharen) and
Ricepaper pith (Tongcao).
4. Constipation: Abutilon (Dongkuizi) is
used with herbs that moisten intestines and move feces, such as Chinese
angelica root (Danggui), Peach seed (Taoren) and Arborvitae seed (Baiziren).
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