Herb
Sophora Flower (Huai hua)
槐花huai hua
1 sourceFlos Sophorae
Cools the blood to staunch bleeding such as intestinal-wind, hemorrhoidal and uterine bleeding, and clears liver and large-intestine heat.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十五·木部·槐·槐花·主治（大明·肠风泻血）
References
- functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
- WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
- public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions
Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.
传统中医记载：大明谓槐花主五痔、心痛眼赤、杀腹脏虫、及皮肤风热、肠风泻血、赤白痢；张元素谓凉大肠；李时珍谓炒香频嚼治失音及喉痹，又疗吐血衄血、崩中漏下。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 苦，平，无毒（槐花）；张元素谓味厚气薄、纯阴。·Meridians: 大肠（手阳明）, 肝（足厥阴）
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十五·木部·槐（《本经》上品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十五·木部·槐·槐花·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十五·木部·槐·槐花·发明（时珍·阳明厥阴血分药）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十五·木部·槐·槐花·主治（大明·肠风泻血）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十五·木部·槐·槐花·主治（元素·凉大肠）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十五·木部·槐·槐花·主治（时珍·疗吐血衄血崩中）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十五·木部·槐·槐花·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.