Hibiscus flowers refer to either Hibiscus flowers or Houttuynia cordata flowers. Hibiscus flowers are effective in clearing heat and removing toxins, cooling the blood and subduing swellings, while Houttuynia cordata leaves have the effect of cooling the blood and stopping bleeding, removing blood stasis and relieving pain.
Hibiscus flower is made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa of the mallow family. It is pungent, slightly bitter and cool in nature, with the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins, cooling the blood and reducing swelling. It is mainly used for the treatment of redness and swelling of the eyes, cough of lung heat, vomiting of blood, leakage, leucorrhoea, carbuncle, swelling, sores, diarrhea, abdominal pain, snake bites, scalded by water and fire and bruise, etc. Its adverse effects are not clear.
Its adverse reactions are not clear, note that it should be contraindicated in patients with deficiency cold and pregnant women.
Houttuynia cordata is a traditional Chinese medicine made from the rhizomes of Houttuynia cordata, family Begoniaceae, with the effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, removing blood stasis and relieving pain, and is mainly used for treating disintegration with hemorrhagic discharge, vomiting of blood, bruises and pains, venomous snake bites, dysentery, etc. The adverse reactions and contraindications are not clear. Its adverse effects and contraindications are not clear.
Specific medication should be under the guidance of a specialist, not unauthorized use of medication.