Robinia, Ci Huai Hua Robinia, Ci Huai Hua 刺槐花 Black Locust, Yellow Locust, False Acacia Ci Huai Hua (Flower, TCM) Robinia pseudoacaciaRevue horticole (1863) Robinia Pseudoacacia flower(Photo by MichalPL) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Robinia pseudoacacia (syn. Pseudoacacia odorata) Parts used: Flower (TCM)Bark and Leaf have been used in the U.S., the root-bark being most active (King) Temperature & Taste: Flower is Neutral, sweet.Bark is toxic, the leaves less so and the flowers are without toxin. Uses: FLOWER1. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:-Hemoptysis, bleeding from the Bowels, Vomiting Blood-Excess Menstrual Bleeding2. Clears Wind and Heat, Resists Poison-Cough, Gonorrhea (in Korea)-‘The flowers possess antispasmodic properties’. (King’s)-formerly made into sherbets and syrups and aromatic waters3. Moves the Bowels, Promotes Urine-‘fragrant laxative’ (Rafinesque, Medical Flora, 1828)-promotes UrineBARK & LEAF:The decoction in small doses is regarded as a stomach tonic.Purgative, emetic in full doses. The Bark is strongest.Leaves have been used as a bitter cholagogue in headache, indigestion etc. Dose: Flower in Decoction: 9–15 gramsOf the bark in tincture (8 oz. to a pint of 76% alcohol): fraction of a drop to 10 drops (Scudder)‘An ounce of the bark boiled in three gills of water operates as a cathartic in doses of half an ounce, given morning…

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