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[English Name]	Chinese Ixora Flower
[Chinese Name]	龙船花
[Pinying Name]	Longchuanhua
[Latin Name]	Ixorae Chinensis Flos
[Genera]	Rubiaceae
[Efficacy]	Antipyretic drug
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[Ecology]	It prefers warm、moist and sunny enviroment.It doesn’t resistant to cold、wet and strong light ,resistants to half-shade. Growth temperature of Chinese Ixora Flower is between 15 to 25℃,from March to September is between 24 to 30℃,from September to March of next year is between 13 to 18℃.The temperature of winter is no less than 0℃, vulnerable to cold injury when climate is too cold. Conversely, Chinese Ixora Flower resistants to heat,grows in the temperature above 32℃ as usual.In general, Chinese Ixora Flower has strong adaptability to enviroment. Chinese Ixora Flower prefers moist but is afraid of drought. Stems and leaves need enough water in growth period,keeping the potting soil being wet, is beneficial to shoot germination and leaf growth.But being wet for a long time,could cause some roots being decay,growth and flower would be influenced.If the soil is too drought or sometimes drought-sometimes wet,water supply not in time, leaf abscission would appeared.
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[Properties]	Taste: sweet, tastless; property: cool; belong to liver and heart channels.
[Medical and other Uses]	Function: clearing away the heat-evil and cooling blood, dispating blood stasis and relieving pain. Syndromes to be treated: high blood pressure, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, bruises, sore swollen boils.
[Dosage]	Oral administration: decoction,10～15g. Topical application: in right amount, smashed and smear on the skin.
[Cautions]	Forbid to be used in pregnant women.
[Traditional usage]	1.Hypertension 2.Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea
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