This product is the dried mature seed of the Indian Trumpetflower Seed (Oroxylum indicum (L.) Vent.), a plant of the Chinese trumpetcreeper family. The mature fruits are harvested in autumn and winter, exposed to the sun until the fruits split open, and the seeds are then extracted and dried.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Bitter and sweet, cool. Act on lung, liver and stomach meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing the lungs, benefiting the throat, soothing the liver, harmonizing the stomach, and healing sores.

bubble_chart Indications

For lung heat cough, pharyngitis, hoarseness, liver and stomach qi pain, non-healing sores, etc.

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

1. 5～3g.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

Contains fatty oil, Skullcap Root aglycone, tetuin, Indian Trumpetflower Seed glycosides A and B, chrysin, etc.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Bronchitis, dry cough, hoarseness, whooping cough, tonsillitis, lung subcutaneous node cough, acute and chronic pharyngitis.

1. Acute pharyngitis, hoarseness: Indian Trumpetflower Seed 8 parts, Boat-Fruited Sterculia Seed 3 qian, Cicada Slough 1 qian, Liquorice Root 2 qian, Crystal Sugar as needed, decocted with water and taken.
2. Chronic pharyngitis: Indian Trumpetflower Seed 1 qian, Lonicera, Chrysanthemum Flower, Coastal Glehnia Root, Ophiopogon Tuber, each 3 qian, decocted in water and taken as tea.