This product is the flower bud of Magnolia biondii (Magnolia biondii Pamp), Magnolia denudata (Magnolia denudata Desr), or Magnolia sprengeri (Magnolia sprengeri Pamp) of the Magnoliaceae family. It is harvested in early spring before the flowers bloom, with the branches removed, and dried in the shade for medicinal use.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Acrid, warm. Act on lung and stomach meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Disperse wind-cold, relieve nasal congestion.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for wind-cold headache. This product disperses wind-cold, relieves stuffy orifices and alleviates pain. It is used to treat external contraction of wind-cold, headache, and nasal congestion. It can be combined with medicinals such as Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, Saposhnikovia Root, Dahurian Angelica, and other wind-cold-dispersing medicinals.
2. Used for sinusitis headache. This product is pungent and warm, dispersing and aromatic, unblocking the nose. Its nature ascends, clearing the qi aspect, and has the function of dispersing wind evil and relieving stuffy nose, making it an essential medicine for sinusitis headache. For cases leaning towards wind-cold, it is often used with Dahurian Angelica, Asarum, Cocklebur Fruit, Saposhnikovia Root, and other medicinals. For cases leaning towards wind-heat, it is often used with Chrysanthemum Flower, Forsythia, Skullcap Root, Mentha, Cocklebur Fruit. For cases where lung heat is stagnated and develops into nasal vestibulitis, it can be combined with Coptis Rhizome, Forsythia, wild chrysanthemum flower, and other medicinals.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Benjing: "The main five zang-organs of the body experience cold and heat, head wind causing brain pain, and a dark complexion."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, stuffy nose, nasal vestibulitis, and nasal vestibulitis after smallpox." "The pungent warmth of Magnolia travels through the qi and enters the lungs, aiding the clear yang of the stomach to ascend, thus it can warm the middle, treating diseases of the head, face, eyes, and nose."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Decoct and take 3-9 grams; this product has hairs that can irritate the throat, so it should be wrapped in gauze when taken internally. Apply an appropriate amount for external use.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Those with yin deficiency and effulgent fire should avoid taking it.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

This product contains volatile oil, which includes citral, eugenol, cinnamaldehyde, cineole, and p-allylanisole, among others; the magnolia flower buds contain volatile oil, which includes citral, eugenol, and alkaloids.

Magnolia has astringent properties that protect the nasal mucous membrane and promote the absorption of mucous membrane secretions, reduce inflammation, and thus clear the nasal passages; magnolia infusions or decoctions have infiltrative anesthetic effects, and magnolia water or alcohol extracts have hypotensive effects; decoctions prepared with water have acetylcholine-like effects on striated muscle, and can stimulate the smooth muscle of the uterus, enhance intestinal movement, and inhibit various pathogenic bacteria; the volatile oil has sedative and analgesic effects.