Also known as: winter flowers, 99 flowers.

Tropism of nature and taste: pungent and warm; Return to lung meridian.

A good medicine for moistening lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough

Farfara flowers are warm but not hot, pungent but not dry, sweet but not stagnant. It is a good medicine for moistening lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and it is named after flowering in winter. "Herbal Yi Yan" said, "Among the hundred herbs, ice and snow spring first, so it used to be called" drilling and freezing ". Although it is under the ice and snow, it will sprout in time ... ". "Drug Meaning" records that "winter flowers, along with qi in the lungs, also clear lung blood. Special treatment, poor upper qi, dysphoria and dyspnea, sticky sputum and unpleasant smell are important causes of various syndromes, especially chronic cough due to lung deficiency. " Tussilago farfara is often used with Aster in clinic, which has become a good product for resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

Small file of coltsfoot flower

Farfara is a perennial herb of Compositae, mainly produced in Henan, Gansu, Shanxi and Sichuan. The medicinal part is the flower bud of Tussilago farfara, preferably a large flower with purple color and no pedicel. Generally, flowers were dug in June+February or before freezing in 5438, pedicels and silt were removed, dried in the shade, mixed with refined honey (diluted with appropriate amount of boiling water), stewed thoroughly, and stir-fried with low fire until it didn't stick to hands, that is, honey-baked Farfara. Honey-baked Farfara has the function of moistening lung and relieving cough, and is used for cough due to lung deficiency. Modern research has found that Faradane mainly contains Faradane, Faradane, Faradadiol, flavonoid glycosides, amino acids, inorganic elements and so on.

Efficacy indication

Efficacy: moistening lung, relieving cough and resolving phlegm.

Indications: 1. It is suitable for all cough patients with lung diseases, regardless of exogenous internal injury, cold and heat deficiency. 2. Cough due to lung deficiency, chronic cough, lung cold and excessive phlegm are most suitable.

Identification of authenticity

Adulteration often occurs in farfarfara flowers:

1. Dissolve Flos Farfarae mixed with alum in water, and then spray it evenly on Flos Farfarae to increase its weight. Light in color, slightly astringent in taste, hard and brittle in quality, astringent in hand twisting, and small white crystals on closer inspection.

2. Salt-containing coltsfoot flower is sprayed with salt solution or mixed with fine salt to absorb water and achieve the purpose of weight gain. The color is darker than the original color of medicinal materials, salty, heavy and moist, and easy to absorb moisture. Many people with salt have small white crystals.

3. "Dissolve" Tussilago farfara mixed with talcum powder in water and spray it evenly on Tussilago farfara, or directly mix talcum powder into Tussilago farfara to gain weight. The color is lighter and brighter than the original medicinal materials, and the surface feels smooth, which can dye hands. The emulsion is cloudy and milky white.

Matters needing attention

Farfara flower is easy to help heat with qi, and should be used with caution for patients with lung abscess and hemoptysis or pus.