Japanese Inula Flower

Primarily produced in the northeastern, northern, and northwestern areas of China, as well as Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Guangdong.

Flat spherical or sub-spherical shape, 1~2cm diameter. involucres formed by numerous bracts, tile-like arrangement, lanceolate or strip-like bracts, grayish-yellow, 4~11mm long; base of involucres sometimes has remnants of flower petioles; the bracts and petiole surface are covered in white hairs; one row of lingulate flowers, yellow, about 1cm long, often rolled, often fall off, apex has 3 lobes; numerous tubular flowers are brownish-yellow, about 5mm long, apex has 5 teeth-lobes; ovary apex has numerous white tufts, 5~6mm long. Sometimes has a oval small achene. Light in weight, easily broken. faint odor, slightly bitter taste.

Superior medicinal material has large flower, golden-yellow color, white tufts, without branches and stems.

Bitter, acrid, salty, slightly warm.

Downbears qi, eliminates phlegm, moves water, stops vomiting. Apply to wind-cold cough, phlegm and fluid stagnation, chest fullness and distention, cough and panting with excessive phlegm, vomiting and ructation, epigastric fullness and rigidity.

Honey xuan fu hua: Clean xuan fu hua, add refined honey and a little water, stir evenly, slightly covered, fry with slow fire until yellow, not sticky to hand, take out (every 100 jin of xuan fu hua need 25 jin of refined honey). Advanced in moistening lung and relieving cough.