Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Neutral
- Nature & Flavour
- Sweet, Salty, Neutral
- Channels Entered
- HT, LIV
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Sanguis Draconis
- Chinese
- 血竭
- Tone Marks
- xuè jié
- Translation
- Exhausted Blood
Chinese Herb Actions
- Invigorates Blood, Dispels Blood Stasis, Relieves Pain For Blood Stasis due to trauma with swelling and pain. It enters the Xue level and is for amenorrhea, dysmenorrheal and postpartum chest congestion and dyspnea.
- Stops Bleeding, Generates Flesh, Protects Ulcer surface Used topically to stop bleeding from trauma. Used internally for upper digestive tract bleeding. For chronic non-healing ulcers, hemorrhoids with swelling and pain, open sores with pus.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 1-1.5 grams in pills/powders (Bensky)
- 1-1.5 grams in pill/powder (Chen)
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Do not take internally during pregnancy
- Do not use without symptoms of blood stasis
- Do not take during menses
Chinese Herb Toxicity & Overdose
- Allergic reactions reported include pruritus, skin wheals, eruptions, angioneurotic edema of the hands and feet.
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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