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    Leucorrhea-Clearing, Cervical-Involution & Pearl Cosmetic Sovereign (清热利湿 / 凉血解毒利尿通淋活血调经退黄消肿截赤白带下要药 — 妇科止带与美容面脂圣品)

    紫茉莉 / 胭脂花 / 煮饭花 / 地雷花 / 夜娇娇 — Mirabilis jalapa L. (syn. Nyctago jalapa)

    Pinyin: Zǐmòlì / Yānzhihuā / Dìléihuā · Malay: Bunga Pukul Empat / Kembang Pukul Empat / Bunga Asar · Family: Nyctaginaceae (紫茉莉科)

    Botanical Illustration

    Energetics

    Cool to Cold (微寒 / 凉)

    Flavor

    Sweet, bland, slightly acrid (甘、淡、微辛)

    Meridians

    Lung (肺), Spleen (脾), Kidney (肾), Urinary Bladder (膀胱), Liver (肝)

    Traditional Edict

    Four O'Clock Flower (Bunga Pukul Empat / Zi Mo Li). Punctual 4:00 PM evening flowers and black landmine seeds with white pearl starch. White fleshy root dries morbid vaginal leucorrhea (Zhi Bai Dai) and clears cystitis; seed pearl powder removes facial melasma.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • Remove black stony seed coats before preparing cosmetic facial powder. CONTRAINDICATED during active pregnancy (root possesses mild emmenagogue dynamics). Contraindicated in cold watery diarrhea.

    Clinical Applications

    • Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID with profuse leucorrhea), cervical dysplasia (MAP protein induction of HeLa apoptosis), acute cystitis, and facial melasma/freckles and acne.

    Quality Markers

    Mirabilis Antiviral Protein (MAP) >= 0.50%, Boeravinones C & F & Seed Pearl Endosperm Amylose >= 40.0% (HPLC standard)

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    1. Mirabilis Antiviral Protein (MAP) Type I RIP depurinates adenine-4324 on 28S rRNA, halting viral/cervical tumor translation and triggering Caspase-3/9 apoptosis. 2. Boeravinones dry pelvic leucorrhea. 3. Endosperm amylose absorbs facial sebum.

    Preparation & Dosage

    THE IMPERIAL FOUR O'CLOCK PEARL BLEMISH POWDER (Yanzhi Fen): Extract chalk-white powdery endosperm from cracked black seeds, grind with pearl powder; dust over face nightly for melasma. Dried white tuberous root decoction: 15-30 g daily for leucorrhea.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. The Sovereign Vaginal Leucorrhea & Pelvic Anti-Inflammatory Synergy with Smilax glabra (Tu Fu Ling) and Euryale ferox. 2. Acute Cystitis Decoction with Plantago asiatica (Che Qian Cao).

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