Buddleia officianalis (Mimenghua)

Distribution:
Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, yunnan provinces of China.
 
Properties (characteristics):
Sweet, slightly cold
 
Channels (meridians) entered:
Liver, spleen.

Medical functions:
When mice took acacetin 25 to 100 mg/kg orally, it can mitigate inflammation cause by formaldehyde. Taking 50 to 100 mg/kg can lower penetrating property of the skin and the blood vessels of the small intestines and their brittleness. When infusing acacetin 40mg/kg into the small intestine of rats, or giving venous injection of 10 to 25 mg/kg  to rabbits caused the secretion of bile to increase slightly temporarily and caused the smooth muscles of the bile duct to relax. 
 
Actions & Indications:
Being used in: Pink swollen eyes, Trachoma, sensitive to light, Epiphora, tearing, Senile Cataract,  blurry eyesight

Chemical ingredients:
acacetin
buddleo-glucoside ( linarin)
acaciin
mimengoside A、B
Pmethoxycinnamoylaucubin
catalposide
catalpol
aucubin
Pmethoxycinnamoylcatalpol
acteoside
echinacoside
luteolin
luteolin-7-O-β-D- glucopyranoside
apigenin
 
Dosage:
Taking internally: use 4 to 12 g, make into decoction; or added to pills or powder.

Samples of formulae:
For treatment of cataract
Name of Formula: mi meng hua wan  (Sheng Ji Zong Lu)
Composition: mi meng hua , root of hung bai of equal amount.
Make into powder add refined honey to make pills of the size of soy beans. Take 10 to 15 pills each time. Take before bed time with drinking water or with malt water.