Kapok flower soup has the effects of invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, promoting qi circulation and relieving pain.

"Kapok soup is really suitable for drinking in spring." Kapok is sweet and light in taste, cool in nature, belonging to spleen meridian and large intestine meridian, and has the effects of invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, clearing heat and detoxifying. Compendium of Materia Medica says that it can "activate meridians, reach the diseased area, enter the blood, dispel wind and kill insects". Kapok not only has the functions of invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, clearing away heat and toxic materials, but also has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, promoting qi circulation and relieving pain.

It is mainly used for symptoms such as limb pain, heavy head and tiredness, abdominal distension, dyspepsia, stomachache, dry mouth and bitter taste caused by spleen deficiency and dampness. In addition, it also has a good curative effect on leg and knee pain and traumatic injury caused by blood stasis blocking collaterals. People with these symptoms can drink soup cooked in kapok pots properly.