Hibiscus leaves are rich in nutrition. In Europe and America, its young leaves are sometimes used as a substitute for spinach, and flowers are sometimes made into kimchi. Roots can also be eaten, but few people eat them because of fiber and mucus.
Efficacy and function of hibiscus flowers
Clearing lung; Cool blood; Dehumidification; Detoxify. Lung heat cough; Hemoptysis; Nosebleeds; Collapse and leakage; Leucorrhea; Dysentery; Red and white turbidity; Carbuncle, swelling and sore poison. If you eat hibiscus leaves, you can clear your lungs and cool your blood. It has a good conditioning effect on cough or lung heat diseases, and can also prevent female gynecological diseases.
Usage and dosage of hibiscus flowers
Oral administration: decoction, 15-30g. External use: appropriate amount, tamping.
Pharmacological effects of hibiscus flowers
Hibiscus contains glycosides, which can lower the blood pressure of anesthetized dogs. Intravenous injection of such substances can make blood pressure drop sharply, and then drop after a little recovery 1-2 hours. This hypotensive effect is not affected by atropine, and it is also true in spinal dogs. It has spasmolytic effect on rat, rabbit, small intestine of guinea pig, rat, dog, rabbit bronchus, rabbit palace, etc. And can be blocked by atropine. Hibiscus leaves can lower blood pressure, and many antihypertensive drugs contain Hibiscus leaves.
The function is mainly to clear away heat and promote diuresis; Detoxify. Main leucorrhea; Gonorrhea; Furuncle and swelling poison; Mumps; Mastitis; lymphadenitis
External usage and dosage: proper amount, tamping. Oral administration: decoction, 15-30g.
Various exhibitions
1. Compendium of Materia Medica: To treat carbuncle and swollen cheeks, take leaves or flowers and apply them with white hibiscus leaves, burdock leaves and white honey cream.
2. "Fujian folk herbs": clearing away heat and toxic materials, eliminating carbuncle and swelling.
The efficacy and function of hibiscus leaves are described above. Hibiscus leaves have many benefits, which can be eaten with water or used externally. It is beneficial to antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, and can also be used to treat diseases such as cough due to lung heat. It is good for health, and everyone should make use of such Chinese herbal medicine.