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    Heat-Clearing, Blood-Cooling, Lochia-Purging & Diuretic Sovereign (清热凉血 / 消肿止痛活血化瘀排恶露利尿通淋生肌药)

    红纸扇 / 红玉叶金花 / 红蝶藤 / 绯红玉叶金花 — Mussaenda erythrophylla Schumach. & Thonn.

    Pinyin: Hóngzhǐshàn / Hóng Yùyè Jīnhuā · Malay: Janda Kaya / Daun Janda Kaya / Bunga Janda Kaya · Family: Rubiaceae (茜草科)

    Botanical Illustration

    Energetics

    Cool to Cold (微寒 / 凉)

    Flavor

    Sweet, bland, slightly bitter (甘、淡、微苦)

    Meridians

    Liver (肝), Lung (肺), Urinary Bladder (膀胱), Large Intestine (大肠)

    Traditional Edict

    Red Flag Bush (Janda Kaya / Hong Zhi Shan). Breathtaking velvet scarlet-red enlarged petaloid calyx flags. Clears blood-heat, activates pelvic circulation to clear postpartum retained lochia, unblocks acute cystitis strangury, heals burn wounds.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • Shade-dry scarlet floral flags below 40C to preserve active anthocyanins. Contraindicated during active pregnancy (blood-activating dynamics). High safety profile in postpartum use.

    Clinical Applications

    • Postpartum lochia retention and pelvic subinvolution, acute bacterial cystitis with burning dysuria, acute pharyngitis with tonsillitis, and superficial thermal burn wound granulation.

    Quality Markers

    Mussaendoside E & F, Iridoid Glycosides >= 0.80% & Cyanidin-3-glucoside (HPLC MHM standard)

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    1. Cyanidin-3-glucoside and iridoids stabilize microvascular endothelial walls, reducing pelvic capillary engorgement while stimulating myometrial lochial clearance. 2. Downregulates urothelial NF-kB. 3. Accelerates fibroblast collagen deposition.

    Preparation & Dosage

    THE SOVEREIGN POSTPARTUM LOCHIAL RECOVERY DECOCTION: 15 to 30 g dried leaves, stems, and scarlet flags boiled in 500 mL water with ginger for 20 min. Acute cystitis tea: 15-20 g daily. Topical burn poultice: 30-50 g fresh crushed leaves with coconut oil.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. The Sovereign Postpartum Uterine Involution Synergy with Labisia pumila (Kacip Fatimah) and Curcuma xanthorrhiza. 2. Acute Cystitis Strangury Tea with Orthosiphon stamineus.

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