Hibiscus rosasinensis, China Rose
Rose of China, Chinese Hibiscus
Japa (Ayurveda)
Gul-e-Gurhal (Unani)
Semparuthi (Siddha)
Fu Sang Hua (TCM)
Botanical name:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Parts used:
Flower
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral (slightly Cool and moist according to some). Sweet, Pungent, Bitter
Uses:
1. Calms the Heart, Settles Wind, Calms the Mind: (Unani)
-Palpitation, Tachycardia
-Anxiety, Mental Illness, Insanity
-according to Ayurveda, the flowers enhance meditation, and stimulate occult powers; purify Heart and Mind
2. Clears Heat, Cool the Blood:
-decoction is a cooling drink in Fever, Measles
-Burning Sensations and heat-type skin disease
-Hemoptysis, Nosebleed, Flooding and Spotting (TCM)
-Lung-heat Cough, bronchial Catarrh (TCM, Unani)
-inflammations, Sores, abscesses (internally and topically) (TCM, Unani, Ayurveda)
-Mastitis, Lymphadenitis (Leaf, TCM)
-leaf is also used to clear Heat and Toxin
3. Clears Damp-Heat: (TCM)
-Leukorrhea (Leaf, flower)
-Diarrhea, Dysentery
4. Moves the Qi, Promotes Menstruation:
-amenorrhea, sluggish menstruation from constrained Qi; it can help regulate Menstruation
-promotes Labor; helps cleanse birth and afterbirth (leaf, flower)
-large doses are abortifacient
-also for abdominal pain
5. Benefits Kidneys, Astringes Essence:
-Impotence
-promotes spermatogenesis
-beneficial in Diabetes
-also for Diarrhea
6. Externally:
-flower/plant juice is applied to Sores
-flower/plant juice is applied topically to Headache
-as a wash fore sore, red eyes
-oil prepared from the flower juice simmered in olive oil promotes hair growth
ROOT:
-Cough
-Gonorrhea, Menorrhagia
Dose:
Flower and Leaf: 5–10 grams in Infusion; 1–3 grams in powder
Flower Paste: 10–20 grams
Flower Powder: 250mg–1 grams
Root: 2–3 grams in Powder
Substitute:
1. The root is a substitute for Marshmallow root. The latter can be used for Hibiscus rosa-sinensis root.
2. Salix aegyptica in Cardiac ailments
3. Rosella, Hibiscus sabdariffa is generally used similarly. Each part of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and H. sabdariffa can generally be substituted for each other. (Unani)
Correctives:
1. Black Pepper
2. Sugar Candy (Unnai)
Main Combinations:
1. Calm the Mind and Heart, Anxiety, Palpitations:
i. China Rose with Balm
ii. China Rose with Sandalwood, Pearl
2. Cooling drink in Fever, China Rose with Peppermint
3. Promote Menstruation:
i. China Rose with Pennyroyal
ii. China Rose with Dang Gui, Cyperus rotundus
4. As a hair oil, combine with Eclipta
Cautions:
1. Not used during Pregnancy or Lactation
2. Avoid in severe chills.
3. Caution in high Vata (Wind constitution)
4. Not used in small children
Main Preparations used:
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