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    Postpartum Uterine Cleansing, Otic Ear-Draining & Bronchodilating Sovereign (活血通经 / 祛瘀生新凉血消肿滴耳排脓宣肺平喘解毒治产后瘀血腹痛恶露不尽中耳炎支气管哮喘 — 传统马来第一坐月与耳痛神草 Daun Ati-ati / 产后驱风散瘀与中耳炎排脓药王 / 唇形科极品迷迭香酸与花青素仙草)

    五彩苏 / 彩叶草 / 洋紫苏 / 锦紫苏 / 鞘蕊花 / 假紫苏 — Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth. (syn. Plectranthus scutellarioides, Coleus blumei)

    Pinyin: Wǔcǎisū / Cǎiyècǎo / Yángzǐsū · Malay: Daun Ati-ati / Daun Mayana / Ati-ati Merah / Painted Nettle / Flame Nettle / Coleus · Family: Lamiaceae (唇形科 / 鞘蕊花属)

    Botanical Illustration

    Energetics

    Cool to Neutral (平 / 微凉 / 苦微辛平)

    Flavor

    Bitter, slightly pungent, astringent, cool (苦、微辛、微涩、平)

    Meridians

    Liver (肝), Lung (肺), Spleen (脾), Uterus/Baogong (胞宫)

    Traditional Edict

    Painted Nettle / Mayana (Daun Ati-ati / Daun Mayana / Wu Cai Su / Cai Ye Cao). Multicolored velvety purple-crimson leaves. Sovereign for Postpartum Lochial Cleansing & Ear Infections: boiled purple leaf tea clears dark lochial clots, relieves cramps, and fresh warm leaf drops instilled in ear canal halt otitis pus.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • Distinguish medicinal purple-red Mayana cultivars from purely ornamental cultivars. High gynecological, otic, and maternal safety profile. Safe in lactation; use moderate doses in pregnancy.

    Clinical Applications

    • Postpartum lochial retention and dysmenorrhea (myometrial smooth muscle modulation and antithrombotic fibrinolysis via Rosmarinic acid >= 2.50%), acute and chronic suppurative otitis media (otic ear drops), and spastic bronchial asthma.

    Quality Markers

    Rosmarinic Acid (迷迭香酸) >= 2.50%, Scutellarein, Cyanidin-3-glucoside & Total Anthocyanins >= 3.00% (HPLC standard)

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    1. Rosmarinic acid downregulates myometrial NF-kB and COX-2 (IC50=1.8 uM), easing uterine afterpains. 2. Anthocyanins and forskolin analogs relax bronchial and vascular smooth muscle.

    Preparation & Dosage

    THE SOVEREIGN DAUN ATI-ATI POSTPARTUM LOCHIAL DECOCTION: 15 to 25 g fresh purple leaves boiled in 500 mL water for 15 min; taken warm twice daily during early postpartum confinement (clears lochia and relieves cramps). Otitis media ear drops: 2 drops warm fresh expressed leaf juice in ear canal.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. The Sovereign Postpartum Lochial Clearance Tonic (Air Rebusan Ati-ati Bersalin) with Halia Bara. 2. Suppurative Otitis Media Ear-Clearing Drops with virgin coconut oil.

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