Product name : FLOS GOSSAMPINUS

Item : 79351484365

Details :
    Kapok is a specialty of the south and the city flower of Guangzhou, Kaohsiung and Panzhihua. After the flowers fall, the flowers fall under the tree, and the flowers do not fade or wither, and they bid farewell to the world heroically. Why is kapok called "hero flower"? Because it blooms bright red but not kitsch. Its strong trunk, indomitable posture, heroic magnificence, the color of the petals is as red as the strength of a strong man, and the color is like a hero The blood stained the treetops. The kapok that can be used as a traditional Chinese medicinal material is the dried flower of the Kapok family plant Kapok Gossampinus malabarica (DC.) Merr. Also known as kapok, variegated flower, Qiongzhi. Harvest in spring when flowers are in full bloom, remove impurities and dry in the sun. Kapok is distributed in Hainan, Taiwan, Guangxi, Yunnan and Sichuan. Harvest and store in spring when the flowers are in full bloom, and store in a cool and dry place. The root and stem extracts of kapok can be used as astringent, analgesic, etc. Its juice can be used to treat dysentery, and its root bark, stem bark and thorns can be ground into powder to make ointment and can be used to treat acne. It can be used to make tea, soup and medicine. The kapok recorded in ancient books is often confused with the cotton plant of Malvaceae. The collection of kapok strips in "Compendium" includes Malvaceae cotton plants, and the "Jiaoguang kapok" mentioned is kapok plants.

       Function Indications:
       Heat-clearing, damp-dispelling, detoxification, hemostasis. Control diarrhea, dysentery, metrorrhagia, hemoptysis, hematemesis, sore, eczema, hemorrhage.

       Edible value of kapok:
       Kapok contains 85.66% water, 1.38% protein, 11.95% carbohydrate, 1.09% ash, 0.44% total ether extract, 0.18% non-volatile ether extract and various trace elements needed by the human body. Invigorating the spleen and dispelling dampness, cooling blood to stop bleeding, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. The industrious Chinese working people have long put kapok into their recipes: kapok tangerine peel porridge, kapok three flower drink, kapok crucian carp soup, kapok shrimp tofu, kapok mushrooms, kapok soup, etc. Looking at these nutritious and healthy recipes, Are you drooling? I heard that Kapok also has the effect of losing weight and beautifying.

       Discussions of each:
       1. "Preparation for Herbal Medicine": "To treat dysentery, the white one is better."
       2. "Materia Medica Seeking the Original": "The red ones are cured of red dysentery, the white ones are treated for white diarrhea, and they are fried and often drunk with Wuyi tea."
       3. "Lingnan Herbal Collection": "to cool off the heat."
       4. "New Edition of Traditional Chinese Medicine": "diuretic and invigorating the stomach."
       5. "Nanning Drug Records": "Remove dampness and heat. Treat metrorrhagia, Jinchuang."
       6. "Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Annals": "To remove dampness and poison, and to cure malignant sores."
       7. "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine" by the Guangzhou Army: "Clearing heat and promoting dampness, treating enteritis and bacillary dysentery."

​Barcode: 79351484365
Ingredients: Kapok
Specifications: 16oz (454g)
Efficacy: clearing heat, promoting dampness, detoxification. For diarrhea, dysentery, metrorrhagia, sores.