Stop Bleeding - Actions & Indications

bai mao gen

Actions

• Cools the blood and stops bleeding from LU and ST

• Clears heat and promotes urination

• Treats blood-lin syndrome in BL

Indications

• Blood in the urine, nosebleeds, vomiting of blood, coughing of blood

• Hot, painful urinary dribbling, edema, difficult urination

• Wheezing (LU Heat), nausea and thirst (ST Heat)

ou jie

Actions

• Astringes to stop bleeding

• Invigorates blood to break up stasis

Indications

• Heat in the lungs, coughing of blood, nosebleeds, vomiting of blood

san qi

Actions

• Stops bleeding and invigorates blood

• Dispelling stasis without causing more bleeding

• Top herb for trauma with bleeding

• Lowers hypertension and blood stasis in the heart

Indications

• Vomiting blood, epistaxis, blood in the urine or stool

• Pain and swelling due to falls, fractures, contusions, sprains, chest/abdominal/joint pain d/t blood stasis

pu huang

Actions

• Stops bleeding, especially charred

• Raw can invigorate blood

• Promotes urination

• Neutral temperature

Indications

• Traumatic injury, uterine bleeding, vomiting blood, nosebleeds, coughing of blood, blood in urine or stool, subcutaneous bleeding

• Chest pain, postpartum abdominal pain, menstrual pain d/t blood stasis

• Hot, painful urinary bleeding

xiao ji/da ji

Actions

• Promotes urination

• Stops bleeding, cools blood

Indications

• Nosebleed, vomiting blood, blood in the urine or stool, uterine bleeding, coughing of blood

• Hypertension associated with LV heat

di yu

Actions

• Cools blood to stop bleeding; astringing

• Bleeding in the lower burner, especially LI

• Often used with Huai Mi for blood in stool

• Generates flesh and promotes healing

Indications

• Blood in the stool, bleeding hemorrhoids, bloody dysenteric disorder, uterine bleeding, vomiting blood, nosebleeds

• Applied topically for sores, ulcers, burns

huai mi

Actions

• Cools blood, stops bleeding

• Often used with Di Yu for blood in stool

• Clears heat from LV

Indications

• Bleeding hemorrhoids, bloody dysenteric disorders, coughing of blood, nosebleeds, uterine bleeding

• Red eyes, headache, dizziness d/t LV heat

ce bai ye

Actions

• Astringes to stop bleeding

• Cough, coughing up blood

• Cools blood to stop bleeding

Indications

• Vomiting blood, bleeding gums, coughing of blood, blood in the stool or urine, bloody dysenteric disorders, uterine bleeding

• Cough, viscous difficult to expectorate sputum streaked with blood

• Burns (powdered herb)

xian he cao

Actions

• Astringes for all types of bleeding

• Used for dysentery with blood and pus

• Kills parasites

Indications

• Vomiting blood, coughing blood, nosebleeds, bleeding gums, blood in the urine, uterine bleeding

• Chronic diarrhea and dysenteric disorders

• Trichomonas vaginitis, tapeworms, malarial disorders

xue yu tan

Actions

• Astringes to stop bleeding

• Powder inserted into nose can stop epistaxis

Indications

• Uterine bleeding, nosebleeds

• Painful urinary dribbling, esp with blood

• Topically used for ulcerated burns and sores

ai ye

Actions

• Warms channels to stop bleeding

• Warms the womb to calm fetus

• Warms and tonifies yang

Indications

• Prolonged menstrual bleeding or uterine bleeding. Restless fetus, lower abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding associated with threatened miscarriage

• Cold abdominal pain, especially menstrual

zao xin tu

Actions

• Warms the blood and womb to stop bleeding

• Warms middle jiao to stop vomiting and diarrhea

Indications

• Bleeding associated with cold from deficiency, esp ST/LI/SI

• Vomiting associated with ST cold, morning sickness

• Chronic SP Xu diarrhea

pao jiang

Actions

• Less potent for warming the interior

• Effective in stopping bleeding associated with cold from deficiency

qian cao

Actions

• Cools blood to stop bleeding

• Invigorates blood to remove stasis

Indications

• Vomiting blood, nosebleeds, coughing of blood, blood in stool, uterine bleeding, or any bleeding d/t chaotic movement of hot blood

• Pain associated with blood stasis esp chest/flank, retained lochia, pain from trauma, joint pain, early stages of carbuncles