Kapok can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine with certain medicinal properties and is non-toxic and can be made into a medicinal meal for consumption. The source of the Chinese medicinal herb kapok is the dried flowers of Kapok, family Bombacaceae, which is sweet, light and cool in nature, belonging to the spleen and large intestine meridian, with the effect of clearing away heat and dampness (removing heat and dampness in the body), detoxifying and stopping bleeding, and can be used for the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, coughing up blood, vomiting blood, bleeding gold sores, sores, eczema and other diseases. In addition to decoction soup for internal use, can also be powdered to take or made into medicinal meals to eat, such as kapok peel porridge, kapok crucian carp soup and so on. It should be noted that, kapok is cold, so should not be long-term or excessive consumption, so as not to cause gastrointestinal discomfort, avoid and ferrous sulfate, ferrous fumarate and other iron used at the same time. Dietary efficacy, role is limited, can not replace the specialized drug therapy. Need to be used under the guidance of the doctor’s diagnosis, if any discomfort, should also be timely and active medical treatment.