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Malva Semen, Mallow seed

Tukhm e Khubbazi (M. sylvestris, Unani)

Malva Moschata, Musk Mallow, Dong Kui Zi 冬葵子

Dong Kui Zi (TCM)
Lcam pa  ལྕམ་པ  (Tibetan)

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Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485

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New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563

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Malva sylvestris
Koehler's Medizinal Pflanzen
, 1887

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Left: Musk Mallow   Right: Low Mallow
Flora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885

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Musk Mallow Seed (Dong Kui Zi) (Adam, 2017)

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Botanical name:
Malva spp:
  1. M. sylvestris (syn. M. vulgaris)
  2. Musk Mallow (M. verticillata syn. M. moschata, M. pulchella) (TCM, Tibet, sometimes in the West)
  3. M. neglecta (Dwarf Mallow) is also used, and is said to be stronger.
  4. M. rotundifolia (Low Mallow)

Parts used:
Seed

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, moist. Sweet.
‘The Seed and Root have the same vertues'. (Schroder)

Classifications:
2A APERIENT.    2E LENITIVE.    2J. RAREFYING.    2L. EMOLLIENT.    2Q. ANODYNE.    2T. GLUTINATE.    2U. SUPPURATIVE
3H. LACTAGOGUE.    3K. EXPECTORANT.    3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE.    3M. ARTHRITICS.
4d. PECTORAL.    4f. SPLENETIC.    4h. NEPHRITIC
TCM:
C. Clear Damp, Promote Urine

Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:
-burning urination

2. Clears Heat, Benefits Breasts, Promotes Milk:
-promotes Milk

3. Moistens the Intestines:
-Constipation in the old or weak

4. Clears Heat, Stops Cough:
-heat-type Cough, Bronchitis, Hoarseness

5. Externally:
-topically in plasters to soften and soothe


Dose:
Seed in Decoction: 3–9 grams
Seed in Powder: 2–4 grams

Comment:
1. Mallow herb and seed are used similarly. The seed is more moistening.
2. Mallow seed and Musk Mallow seed used in TCM can be used synonymously.

Correctives:
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Substitutes:
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Preparation:
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Main Combinations:
1. Cough, Bronchitis, Hoarseness:
i. Mallow seed with  ... available in PRO version
2. Asthma:
i. Mallow seed, with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Mallow seed with  ... available in PRO version
2. Pleurisy:
i. Mallow seed with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Mallow seed with  ... available in PRO version
2. Hemoptysis, Mallow seed with  ... available in PRO version
3. To clear hot, sharp and corroding Humors in Consumption, painful Urination, Stones, Bloody Dysentery, and internal Ulcers,  ... available in PRO version
4. Water retention, Edema, Mallow seed with  ... available in PRO version

TCM:
1. Edema, Edema during Pregnancy, postpartum Edema, Malva Dong Gui Zi with  ... available in PRO version
2. Strangury from Heat, Malva Dong Gui Zi with  ... available in PRO version
3. Urinary stones, Burning Urine, Malva Dong Gui Zi with  ... available in PRO version
4. Insufficient Lactation or swollen breasts from Qi stagnation, stir-fried Malva Dong Gui Zi with  ... available in PRO version
5. Constipation from dryness, Malva Dong Gui Zi with  ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas
Decoction for Spitting Blood
Decoction for Asthma from Crass Humors (Hamech)
Syrup of Hyssop Compound (Mesue)
Syrup of Hyssop of Amaran
Syrup of Violet Compound
Syrup of Violet (De morbus internis curandis)
Syrup of Jujube Compound (Mesue)
Syrup for Asthma (Wirtzung)
Troches for Pleurisy when not from Vehement Heat
Troches of Gordon (Trochisci Gordonii)
Electuary of Poppy (Diapapaver) (Mesue)
Restorative Electuary (Antidotus Analeptica) (Nicholas)

Cardamon 10 (Sug smel bcu pa) (Tibetan Medicine)
Chebula 18 (A Ru 18) (Tibetan Medicine)
Shi Wei San (TCM)

Cautions:
1. Not used in Pregnancy (TCM)
2. Not used in diarrhea from deficiency

Main Preparations used:

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