Malva, Mallow, Dong Kui Zi 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) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Malva sylvestrisKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Left: Musk Mallow   Right: Low MallowFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Musk Mallow Seed (Dong Kui Zi) (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Malva spp: M. sylvestris (syn. M. vulgaris) Musk Mallow (M. verticillata syn. M. moschata, M. pulchella) (TCM, Tibet, sometimes in the West) M. neglecta (Dwarf Mallow) is also used, and is said to be stronger. M. rotundifolia (Low Mallow) In Tibetan Medicine, various species of Mallow have supplied Lcam pa with M. verticillata being usually listed. 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. SUPPURATIVE3H. LACTAGOGUE.  3K. EXPECTORANT.  3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE.  3M. ARTHRITICS. 4d. PECTORAL.  4f. SPLENETIC.  4h. NEPHRITICTCM:C. Clear Damp, Promote Urine Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:-urinary pain or frequency; urgent and burning urination-Blood in the Urine-Stones-‘disperses pathogenic Heat and Cold from the Five Viscera and Six Bowels’. (Ben…

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