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Genkwa Flos B 5 mm A 1 cm Figure 1 A photograph of Genkwa Flos A. Genkwa Flos B. Magnified flower buds Cinnamomi Cortex 雞冠花 Dryopteridis Crassirhizomatis Rhizoma Celosiae Cristatae Flos 肉桂 Acanthopanacis Cortex Bistortae Rhizoma 綿馬貫眾 Genkwa Flos Allii Tuberosi Semen 路路通 益智 芫花 五加皮 拳參 Liquidambaris Fructus 韮菜子 Polygoni Orientalis Fructus 胡黃連 Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus Centellae Herba 水紅花子 Picrorhizae Rhizoma Genkwa Flos 積雪草 1. NAMES Official Name: Genkwa Flos Chinese Name: 芫花 Chinese Phonetic Name: Yuanhua 2. SOURCE Genkwa Flos is the dried flower bud of Daphne genkwa Sieb. et Zucc. (Thymelaeaceae). The flower bud is collected in spring before flowering, foreign matter removed, then dried under the sun, in a shaded area or baked at temperature about 50oC or lower to dryness to obtain Genkwa Flos. 3. DESCRIPTION Usually 3-7 flower buds, subtended by 1-2 bracts, clustered on short rachis, mostly fallen off into a single flower bud. Flower bud clavate, usually curved, 1-1.7 cm long, about 1.5 mm in diameter. Perianth tube pale purple to greyish-g