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Oroxylum, Mu Hu Die 木蝴蝶

Indian Trumperflower
Mu Hu Die (TCM, Seed)
Shoyanaka, Shoynka, Balluka (Ayurveda, Root-bark)
Tsampa Ka 
ཙམ་པ་ཀ་ (Tibetan)
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Oroxylum indicum
Blanco, M., Flora de Filipinas. (1875)

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Oroxylum indicum
(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia)

Botanical name:
Oroxylum indicum (syn. Bignonia indica)

Parts used:
Seed; Bark

Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Bitter

Classifications:
Q. Stop Cough and Wheezing

Uses:
SEED:
1. Clears Lung Heat, Stops Cough:

-Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough
-Sore Throat, Hoarseness

2. Moves Qi, Opens Obstructions:
-Epigastric or Hypochondriac pain
-used as a purgative in India

3. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-various Poisons
-Blood poisoning
-applied topically to Sores and Boils
-all types of Hot disorder (Tibet)


ROOT-BARK:
1. Clears Damp-Heat, Resists Poison:
-Remittent Fever; Measles (in Thailand)
-Hepatitis
-abdominal pain, indigestion
-Diarrhea, Dysentery; Amoebic Dysentery (medicated Ghee is used in India)
-non-healing Ulcers (Charaka)

2. Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urine:
-Edema, urinary obstruction
-Dysuria, Cystitis
-as an adjunct in Diabetes

3. Clears Wind-Damp:
-Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis
-benefits the Bones, used for Fractures

4. Moves the Blood:
-Uterine tonic after Birth (Thailand)
-regarded as a Folk Remedy for Tumors and Cancer

5. Externally:
-applied to Rheumatic Swellings
-poultice is applied to Broken Bones
-applied to burns, rashes, wounds
-oil in which the bark is boiled is dropped into the ear for Otorrhea
-in baths for acute rheumatism
-paste of the Leaves is applied for alopecia and baldness


DOSE:
SEED: 1–3 grams
ROOT-BARK: 2–5 grams of the Powder; 10 grams decocted in 75mls of water can be given tablespoonful doses twice daily.

SUBSTITUTE:
Ailanthus excelsa (Ayurveda)

Main Combinations:
One of the 10 Drugs that make the Ayurvedic group Dashmala, along with Aegle marmelose, Premna integrifolia, Gmelina arboria, Stereospermum suaveolens, Desmodium gangeticum, Ureria picta, Solanum indicum, Solanum surrattense, Tribulus terrestris

1. Benefit the Mind and Memory, with Centella, Bacopa, Withania, Chebula, Indian Spikenard
2. Diarrhea, Dysentery:
i. Cyperus rotundus, Catechu, Pomegranate, Zedoary (Thai)

Cautions:
Avoid during pregnancy

Main Preparations used:

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