Hong Tian Kui, 1lb

Hong Tian Kui, also known as Zi Bei Tian Kui and Tea Begonia, is a sweet, slightly acrid, cool to cold Chinese herb classified among herbs that clear Heat and resolve toxicity. Its pharmaceutical Latin name is Herba Begoniae Fimbristipulatae. Hong Tian Kui enters the Liver and Stomach channels and is traditionally used to clear Heat, cool the Blood, invigorate the Blood, break up Blood Stasis, and resolve toxicity.

TCM Herb Profile

Hong Tian Kui combines Heat-clearing and Blood-cooling actions with the ability to invigorate the Blood and break up Blood Stasis. This combination gives the herb traditional applications in presentations where Heat, toxicity, bleeding, pain, or Stasis occur together.

For Lung Heat, Hong Tian Kui is traditionally used when cough is present. Its Heat-clearing and Blood-cooling actions are also applied in presentations involving hemoptysis and bronchitis.

Blood Stasis, Trauma, and Pain

Hong Tian Kui invigorates the Blood and breaks up Blood Stasis and is traditionally used for pain associated with Blood Stasis. Its applications include trauma and both internal and external injuries caused by impacts. It is also used when external injuries are accompanied by bleeding.

The herb's Blood-moving actions extend to gynecological presentations. Traditional indications include irregular menstruation and metrorrhagia, particularly in the broader context of Blood Stasis and abnormal bleeding patterns.

Heat, Toxicity, and Sores

Hong Tian Kui clears Heat and resolves toxicity and is traditionally used for toxic sores. Its combination of Heat-clearing, Blood-cooling, Blood-invigorating, and toxicity-resolving actions is also associated with scrofula and inflammatory presentations.

Additional Traditional Indications

Traditional applications of Hong Tian Kui also include vaginal discharge, rheumatism, inflammation of the pelvic area, and dysentery caused by amoebic infection. These uses sit alongside its broader traditional indications for cough due to Lung Heat, trauma, pain from Blood Stasis, toxic sores, irregular menses, hemoptysis, metrorrhagia, bronchitis, bleeding from external injuries, and scrofula.

Traditional Use Considerations

Hong Tian Kui is contraindicated for those with Yin-type boils.