[Origin]

Inula Flower is the dried capitulum of Inula japonica Thunb. or Inula Britannica L. (Fam. Compositae). The drug is collected in summer and autumn at flowering, removed from foreign matter, and dried in the shade or in the sun.

[Action]

To ease the mind and indue tranquillization.

[Indications]

Cough in common cold; cough with dyspnea and copious expectoration due to accumulation of phlegm; belching, nausea and vomiting with stuffiness sensation in the epigastric region.

1.In treating stuffy chest, shortness of breath, etc. due to retention of phlegm, the drug can be used in combination with Radix Platycodi, Cortex Mori Radicis, Semen Arecae, etc. In treating cough and asthma with sputum due to febrile diseases, the drug is often used in combination with Herba Schizonepetae, Herba Asari, Radix Peucedani,etc.

2.In treating stuffy chest and belching due to deficiency of Qi in the spleen and stomach or adverse ascending of phlegm-dampness, the drug is often used in combination with Heamatitum, Rhizoma Pinelliae, etc.