Malva Semen, Mallow seed
Tukhm e Khubbazi (M. sylvestris, Unani)
Malva Moschata, Musk Mallow, Dong Kui Zi 冬葵子
Dong Kui Zi (TCM)
Lcam pa ལྕམ་པ (Tibetan)
Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485
Malva sylvestris
Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887
Musk Mallow
Flora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885
Low Mallow
Flora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885
Musk Mallow Seed (Dong Kui Zi) (Adam, 2017)
Botanical name:
Malva spp:
1. M. sylvestris (syn. M. vulgaris)
2. Musk Mallow (M. verticillata syn. M. moschata, M. pulchella) (TCM, Tibet, sometimes in the West)
3. M. neglecta (Dwarf Mallow) is also used, and is said to be stronger.|
4. M. rotundifolia (Low Mallow)
Parts used:
Seed
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, moist. Sweet.
‘The Seed and Root have the same vertues’. (Schroder)
Classifications:
2A APERIENT. 2E LENITIVE. 2J. RAREFYING. 2L. EMOLLIENT. 2Q. ANODYNE. 2T. GLUTINATE. 2U. SUPPURATIVE
3H. LACTAGOGUE. 3K. EXPECTORANT. 3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE. 3M. ARTHRITICS.
4d. PECTORAL. 4f. SPLENETIC. 4h. NEPHRITIC
TCM:
C. Clear Damp, Promote Urine
Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:
-urinary pain or frequency; urgent and burning urination
-Blood in the Urine
-Stones
-‘disperses pathogenic Heat and Cold from the Five Viscera and Six Bowels’. (Ben Cao Gang Mu)
2. Clears Heat, Benefits Breasts, Promotes Milk:
-promotes Milk
-Breast swelling or Abscesses
3. Moistens the Intestines:
-Constipation in the old or weak
-Constipation from dryness
-‘promotes Delivery’ (Li Shi Zhen)
4. Clears Heat, Stops Cough:
-heat-type Cough, Bronchitis, Hoarseness
-Pleurisy, Hemoptysis
5. Externally:
-used in emollient Enemas
-topically in plasters to soften and soothe
Dose:
Seed in Decoction: 3–9 grams
Seed in Powder: 2–4 grams
Correctives:
Substitutes:
Preparation:
Main Combinations:
1. Cough, Bronchitis, Hoarseness:
i. Mallow seed with … available in PRO version
2. Asthma:
i. Mallow seed, with … available in PRO version
ii. Mallow seed with … available in PRO version
2. Pleurisy:
i. Mallow seed with … available in PRO version
ii. Mallow seed with … available in PRO version
2. Hemoptysis, Mallow seed with … available in PRO version
3. To clear hot, sharp and corroding Humors in Consumption, painful Urination, Stones, Bloody Dysentery, and internal Ulcers, … available in PRO version
4. Water retention, Edema, Mallow seed with … available in PRO version
TCM:
1. Edema, Edema during Pregnancy, postpartum Edema, Malva Dong Gui Zi with … available in PRO version
2. Strangury from Heat, Malva Dong Gui Zi with … available in PRO version
3. Urinary stones, Burning Urine, Malva Dong Gui Zi with … available in PRO version
4. Insufficient Lactation or swollen breasts from Qi stagnation, stir-fried Malva Dong Gui Zi with … available in PRO version
5. Constipation from dryness, Malva Dong Gui Zi with … available in PRO version
Major Formulas
Decoction for Spitting Blood
Decoction for Asthma from Crass Humors (Hamech)
Syrup of Hyssop Compound (Mesue)
Syrup of Hyssop of Amaran
Syrup of Violet Compound
Syrup of Violet (De morbus internis curandis)
Syrup of Jujube Compound (Mesue)
Syrup for Asthma (Wirtzung)
Troches for Pleurisy when not from Vehement Heat
Troches of Gordon (Trochisci Gordonii)
Electuary of Poppy (Diapapaver) (Mesue)
Restorative Electuary (Antidotus Analeptica) (Nicholas)
Cardamon 10 (Sug smel bcu pa) (Tibetan Medicine)
Chebula 18 (A Ru 18) (Tibetan Medicine)
Shi Wei San (TCM)
Cautions:
1. Not used in Pregnancy (TCM)
2. Not used in diarrhea from deficiency
1. Mallow herb and seed are used similarly. The seed is more moistening.
2. Mallow seed and Musk Mallow seed used in TCM can be used synonymously.