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    Summer-Heat Clearing, Lung-Moistening, Antitussive & Anti-Dysenteric Sovereign (清热解暑 / 润肺止咳利湿止泻生津利咽解毒 — 岭南五花茶与南洋消暑第一白花)

    钝叶鸡蛋花 / 白花鸡蛋花 / 缅栀子 / 蛋黄花 — Plumeria obtusa L.

    Pinyin: Dùnyè Jīdànhuā / Báihuā Jīdànhuā · Malay: Bunga Kemboja Putih / Kemboja Putih / Bunga Kubur · Family: Apocynaceae (夹竹桃科)

    Botanical Illustration

    Energetics

    Cool (微寒 / 凉)

    Flavor

    Sweet, bland, delicately floral-aromatic (甘、淡、微苦、芳香清芬)

    Meridians

    Lung (肺), Spleen (脾), Stomach (胃), Large Intestine (大肠)

    Traditional Edict

    White Frangipani (Bunga Kemboja Putih / Dun Ye Ji Dan Hua). Glossy blunt leaves and snowy 5-petaled pinwheels with golden-yellow centers. Essential monarch in Lingnan Five-Flower Cooling Teas (Wu Hua Cha): clears summer-heat, calms dry cough, halts dysentery.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • White milky tree sap is mildly irritant (avoid contact with eyes). Flowers are completely non-toxic and safe for dietary cooling teas. Contraindicated in cold watery diarrhea without heat-dampness.

    Clinical Applications

    • Summer-heatstroke fever with severe thirst, acute tracheobronchitis with dry hacking cough, acute bacillary dysentery (Shigella), acute gastroenteritis, and chronic pharyngitis.

    Quality Markers

    Plumeride (Iridoid Glycoside) >= 1.00%, Fulvoplumierin, Rutin & Lupeol (HPLC MHM standard)

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    1. Plumeride and fulvoplumierin downregulate airway pro-inflammatory NF-kB, liquefying viscous bronchial mucus and suppressing cough. 2. Condensed tannins cross-link enterocytes to arrest diarrhea. 3. Broad-spectrum bactericidal lysis against Shigella.

    Preparation & Dosage

    THE SOVEREIGN LINGNAN FIVE-FLOWER SUMMER COOLING TEA (Wu Hua Cha / 五花解暑茶): 10 g dried White Frangipani flowers boiled with Chrysanthemum, Lonicera (Jin Yin Hua), Bombax (Mu Mian Hua), and Pueraria flowers for 15 min. Decoct: 6-12 g daily.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. Classical Lingnan Five-Flower Summer-Heat Tea (Wu Hua Cha) with Lonicera japonica and Bombax ceiba. 2. Lung-Moistening Antitussive Draught with Siraitia grosvenorii (Luo Han Guo).

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