Herbs that Stop Bleeding
Bai Mao Gen 白茅根
Rhizoma Imperatae Cylindricae Woolly Grass Rhizome
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Materia Medica Data
- Category
- Herbs that Stop Bleeding
- Temperature
- Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Sweet, Cold
- Channels Entered
- LU, ST, SI, BL
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Rhizoma Imperatae Cylindricae
- Chinese
- 白茅根
- Tone Marks
- bái máo gēn
Chinese Herb Actions
- Cools the Blood and Stops Bleeding For heat in the Blood and bleeding with symptoms such as hemoptysis, epistaxis, or hematemesis.
- Clears Heat and Promotes Urination For painful and hot urination (Re Ling), urinary difficulty (can be used alone for this purpose), edema, and Damp-Heat Jaundice.
- Clears Heat From the Lungs and Stomach For Stomach and Lung heat with symptoms such as irritability, nausea, vomiting, thirst, and coughing and wheezing.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 10-30 grams
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Use caution in cases of Deficient Cold of the Stomach and Spleen
- Do not use in cases of vomiting due to cold in the Middle Jiao
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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Chinese Herbs Books & References
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