Cockscomb Flower

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Cools blood and stops bleeding - Ji Guan Hua is traditionally used for uterine bleeding, heavy menses, bloody stool, hematuria, and other hemorrhagic disorders in which a cool astringent flower is appropriate.
• Stops leukorrhea - it is also classically used for excessive vaginal discharge, especially when dampness and weakness allow chronic leakage.
• Checks dysenteric discharge - the astringing quality extends to chronic dysentery or prolonged lower-bowel discharge.

Secondary Actions

• The charred form, Ji Guan Hua Tan, is classically said to astringe bleeding and discharge even more strongly than the raw flower.
• Although the flower is gentle compared with strong mineral or animal hemostatics, it occupies a useful middle ground between cooling blood and astringing leakage.

Classic Formulas

• Charred Ji Guan Hua with Ce Bai Ye Tan or Qian Cao Tan - hemostatic combination logic for persistent uterine or intestinal bleeding.
• Ji Guan Hua with Bai Ji Li and Qian Shi - leukorrhea-oriented astringing strategy when dampness and leakage coexist.
• Ji Guan Hua with dysentery-directed herbs such as Bai Tou Weng or Qin Pi - lower-burner discharge and bowel-irritation pairing logic.

Classical References

• American Dragon lists Ji Guan Hua as cooling and astringing, with actions of stopping bleeding, checking leukorrhea, and treating dysentery, and specifically notes that the charred form is better at restraining bleeding and discharge.
• TCM Wiki likewise places Ji Guan Hua among stop-bleeding herbs and highlights uterine bleeding, leukorrhea, and dysenteric disorders as the major indications.
• Its enduring clinical niche is not broad anti-inflammatory use but rather cool astringent control of lower-tract leakage.