Namess: Alant, Elfdock, Elfwort, Horse-Elder, Horseheal, Inula, Scabwort, Velvet Dock, Wild Sunflower, Yellow Starwort. Inula helenium, synonyms Helenium grandiflorum, Aster officinalis, Aster helenium.  

Family: Asteraceae or Compositae.

Properties:

redirect lung Qi downward, expel cold-phlegm
stop vomiting, rebellious Qi

Dosage: 3 – 12g.

Also Used For:

Orally, Xuan Fu Hua is used as an expectorant, antitussive, and diaphoretic, for diseases of the respiratory tract, as an anthelmintic, for improving stomach function, and as a diuretic.

Folk medicine, Xuan Fu Hua is used for asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough, cough associated with tuberculosis, nausea, and diarrhea.

In foods and beverages, Xuan Fu Hua is used as a flavoring ingredient.

In other manufacturing processes, Xuan Fu Hua is used as a fragrance component in cosmetics and soaps.