INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Radix Sanguisorbae |
| Common English: | Sanguisorba Root Burnet-Bloodwort Root Garden Burnet Root Long Leaf Garden Burnet Root |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Bitter Sour |
Slightly Cold (Cool) |
Liver Large Intestine Stomach |
6-16g Tincture: 2-5ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Cools the Blood and stops bleeding |
Bleeding due to Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao with hemafecia, bleeding hemorrhoids, bloody dysentery and excessive uterine bleeding Blood Heat with epistaxis and hematemesis |
Clears Toxic Heat, astringes fluids and generates flesh |
Sores, ulcers, and burns (topical) It reduces oozing by astringing and regenerates flesh |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
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Flos Sophorae Immaturus |
Flos Sophorae |
Rx. Rubiae |
Hot, bleeding hemorrhoids or other Intestinal bleeding. Continuous uterine bleeding due to Heat. |
Bleeding hemorrhoids. |
Hemorrhage due to Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao. |
Rz. Coptidis |
Cx. Phellodendri |
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Bloody stools, bleeding dysenteric disorders, bleeding hemorrhoids and chronic Damp-Heat induced vaginal discharge. |
Vaginal bleeding with abdominal pain close to labor before the water has broken. |
As a plaster for eczema and other Damp-Heat skin lesions. |
Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
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As a plaster for burns and other Damp-Heat skin lesions such as eczema. |
Accelerates healing and reduces pain as a plaster for for burns. |
Bleeding hemorrhoids, hematochezia or bleeding preceding the evacuation of stools with bright red Blood. Damp-Heat in the lower Jiao. |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Fr. Sophorae |
Rx. Glycyrrhizae |
Large amounts of Blood in the stools and abdominal pain from Heat in the Blood. |
Bleeding hemorrhoids. |
Bleeding dysentery with rectal tenesmus, mucus and lower abdominal pain. |
Rz. Coptidis |
Rice Vinegar |
Rx. Scutellariae |
Chronic and non-healing bleeding dysentery. |
Hematemesis or metrorrhagia due to Heat in the Blood. |
Profuse menstrual with bright red Blood and dry mouth and lips due to Heat in the Blood. |
Fol. Artemisiae Argyi |
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Profuse bleeding and abdominal pain after miscarriage or abortion. |
As a powder, topically for eczema or ulcerations with itching, redness, swelling and discharge. |
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- This herb has a special antibacterial effect on the digestive system.
- It is considered one of the finest cooling-astringent hemostatic herbs.
- Powder this herb and mix with sesame oil and apply topically for first through fourth degree burns.
- Apply the juice topically for carbuncles and sores.
- Both Di Yu and Flos Sophorae Immaturus Huai Mi are important for treating Intestinal bleeding and dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Huai Mi cools the Liver and brings down Fire while Di Yu reduces swelling and stops pain, closing and promoting the healing of sores.
- Di Yu, Hb. sive Rx. Cirsii Japonici Da Ji, Hb. Cirsii Xiao Ji and Flos Sophorae Immaturus Huai Mi all cool the Blood to stop bleeding. Di Yu is best at stopping bleeding and resolving Heat toxin and can reduce swelling, stop pain and close and promote the healing of lesions. Da Ji and Xiao Ji are usually used together. Da Ji is best at stopping bleeding and resolving toxin. Xiao Ji promotes urination and is particularly helpful for hematuria. Huai Mi and Di Yu are both important for treating Blood loss through the Intestines and for dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Huai Mi also cools the Liver and brings down Fire.
- Dry-fried Sanguisorba Chao Di Yu is not as cold and much better at astringing, especially if it is fried with vinegar, which makes it much better at stopping bleeding. It can be used for any type of bleeding.