INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Cacumen Platycladi Cacumen Biotae |
| Common English: | Oriental Arborvitae Leafy Twig Oriental Arborvitae Tip Arborvitae Biota Leaves Thujae Platycladus Leaves |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Bitter Astringent |
Slightly Cold (Cool) (Cold) |
Lung Liver Large Intestine (Heart) (Dai) (Yang Wei) |
3-18g Tincture; 2-4ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Cools the Blood and stops bleeding |
Blood Heat bleeding with hematemesis, bleeding gums, hemafecia, hematuria, bloody dysenteric disorders and uterine bleeding This herb may be combined with appropriate herbs to treat bleeding associated with Cold patterns |
Stops cough and asthma and expels Phlegm |
Lung Heat with cough Phlegm Heat, especially important for viscous, difficult-to-expectorate, blood-streaked sputum |
Promotes the healing of burns and generates flesh (topical) |
Burns (topically in powdered form in the early stages over a moderate area) |
Promotes hair growth |
Hair loss |
| Clears Damp-Heat | Vaginal discharge due to Damp-Heat |
| Dispels Wind-Dampness | Wind-Damp Bi |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Hb. Cirsii |
All types of bleeding due to Heat in the Blood. (take for only a short time) |
Hemorrhage due to Blood Heat. (stronger) |
Epistaxis with bright red Blood due to Heat forcing the Blood upward. |
Pollen Typhae |
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Bleeding due to Deficiency Cold with a sallow face, pale tongue and a weak pulse. |
Heat-induced uterine bleeding. |
Excessive uterine bleeding with Qi and Blood Deficiencies. |
Fr. Jujube |
Hb. Agrimoniae |
Charred Fol. Artemisiae Argyi |
Chronic dry, hot, non-productive cough. |
Persistent bleeding. |
Bleeding due to Deficiency Cold. |
Hb. Cirsii |
Rx. Paeoniae Alba |
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Hematemesis caused by Heat in the Bladder. |
Hematochezia. |
Profuse menstrual bleeding. |
Rx. Codonopsis |
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum |
Rx. Aconiti lateralis Preparata |
Profuse menstrual bleeding with Qi and Blood Deficiencies. |
Cough with hot Phlegm. |
As an herbal wash for hair loss. |
- This herb is widely used. It is one of the most common herbs to stop bleeding.
- It can be used alone, topically as a powder for burns.
- It can be used alone, topically as a paste for External bleeding.
- Some sources say that this herb is a Blood Invigorator and is used to treat Blood Stagnation, primarily when Qi and Blood Stagnation appear together.
- Soak in 60% alcohol and apply the tincture for seven days for hair loss and/or itchy scalp.
- Both Ce Bai Ye and Hb. Ecliptae Mo Han Lian cool the Blood, stop bleeding, promote hair growth and blacken hair. Ce Bai Ye governs hair growth when Blood Heat is the cause of hair loss, while Mo Han Lian nourishes Yin and treat hair loss related to Kidney and Liver Deficiencies.
- Both Ce Bai Ye and Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu are bitter, and cold and stop bleeding due to Heat. Ce Bai Ye also transforms Phlegm, stops cough and generates hair growth while Di Yu is colder and resolves toxicity.
- Charred Biota Leaves Ce Bai Tan are less cold, but have an enhance ability to stop bleeding to treat both Hot and Cold bleeding disorders and are less harmful to the Spleen.
- Fresh Biota Leaves Xian Ce Bai Ye also clear and resolve toxicity and are applied topically for burns or decocted and applied topically for Heat Bi.