INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: GUI JIAN YU - 鬼箭羽 - RAMULUS EUONYMI

Pharmaceutical Latin: Ramulus Euonymi
Common English: Winged Euonymus Twig

CATEGORY

Herbs that Regulate the Blood: Herbs that Break up Blood Stasis

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
(Pungent)
Cold
Liver
3-9g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Breaks up Blood Stasis and unblocks menstruation

Traumatic injury, irregular menstruation, postpartum abdominal pain due to Wind-Dampness

Eliminates parasites

Abdominal pain due to parasites

Eliminates Wind-toxin

Toxic Heat

Clears Heat, cools the Blood and stops bleeding

Blood Heat

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
  • Do not use for spotting or brown colored Blood.
  • Use with caution for those with Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Rx. Angelicae Sinensis
Dang Gui
Rz. Corydalis
Yan Hu Suo
Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae
Niu Xi

 

 

Postpartum abdominal pain

 

 

NOTES

  1. This herb powerfully aborts the fetus.
  2. It stops metrorrhagia due to Blood Stasis or Blood Heat.