☯ TCM Properties
Clears Heat and removes toxicity
Traditional Chinese Uses
Jin Lian Hua (Flos Trollii) is the dried flower of Trollius chinensis (Ranunculaceae), gathered from the cool grasslands of northern China. Bitter in flavour and cold in nature, entering the Lung and Stomach channels, it clears Heat and resolves toxicity, with a particular affinity for Heat-toxin of the upper respiratory tract and throat.
It is chiefly used for Wind-Heat and Heat-toxin patterns presenting as sore and swollen throat, acute and chronic tonsillitis and pharyngitis, mouth and tongue sores (aphthae), and Heat affecting the ears and eyes with earache and painful, red eyes; it also serves for upper respiratory infections, influenza and bronchitis. Often prepared simply as a decoction or infused as a medicinal tea, it appears in modern heat-clearing throat preparations. As a bitter, cold herb it is used cautiously in those with Spleen-Stomach deficiency cold.
Western Herbalism Properties
Botanical Description
Jin Lian Hua (金蓮花) is the dried flower of Trollius chinensis Bunge (Ranunculaceae), a perennial herb native to the cool grasslands and forest margins of northern China, including Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, and Liaoning. The plant grows 30–70 cm tall with palmately divided basal leaves and showy solitary golden-yellow to orange flowers 3–5 cm across, blooming in summer. The fully opened flowers are harvested and dried in the shade. In TCM, Jin Lian Hua is classified as bitter and cool, entering the Lung and Stomach channels, and is used to clear heat, detoxify fire poison, and benefit the throat. Classical and modern indications include acute tonsillitis, pharyngitis, otitis media, conjunctivitis, and upper respiratory infections; the flower is widely consumed as a medicinal tea in northern China.
Dosage
| Form | Amount | Frequency | Duration | Population | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| decoction | 6-15g | Daily | — | — | — |
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