Tussilago, Coltsfoot, Kuan Dong Hua 款冬花 CoughwortFarfara, Ungula Caballina (‘Horses Hoof’)Kuan Dong Hua (Flower) (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Coltsfoot(Photo by Andreas Trepte) (Wikimedia) Coltsfoot Flower (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Tussilago farfara Parts used: Leaf; Flower; rarely the Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, sweet.Warm and Moist. (Avicenna) Classifications: 2U. SUPPURATIVE3K. EXPECTORANT.  3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE4d. PECTORAL.  4k. ARTHRITICPreparers and Purgers of Phlegm TCM: Q. Stop Cough and Wheezing Uses: Benefits the Lungs, Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough and Wheezing: important medicine for all types of Cough, Wheezing and Lung diseasesBronchitis, irritating coughs, Whooping CoughAsthma, Pneumonia, PleurisyEmphysema, Silicosis and the onset of TuberculosisLung abscess with blood and pius in the sputum (Zhen Quan)useful adjunct in Lung Cancersmoke was inhaled for Cough and Shortness of Breath (Dioscorides; also in TCM)advocated as beneficial for smokers Clears Wind-Cold: Colds, Influenza, acute Fever, especially when with Coughacute Sore Throat, Throat Inflammation‘convulsions and epilepsy with chills and fever’. (Shen Nong Ban Cao) Clears Phlegm, Resolves Swellings: Commended by some for Scrofula and Lymphatic nodes.Lung Abscess (Dioscorides) Clears Damp, Promotes Urine: occasionally used for Cystitis, Burning Urine, Gravel, Stone Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation: the…

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