Stop Bleeding

Question 1

stop bleeding w/o causing blood stasis, promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, treat traumatic injury, HDI w/ anticoagulant and antiplatelet meds

Answer 1

san qi** (notoginseng root)

Question 2

stop bleeding, promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, promote urination, dysmenorrhea, pain related to blood stasis, abdominal pain after childbirth, pair w/ wu ling zhi, HDI w/ antiplatelet and anticoagulant meds

Answer 2

pu huang** (cattail pollen)

Question 3

cool blood, stop bleeding, promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, joint pain in bi syndrome w/ blood stasis

Answer 3

qian cao** (madder root)

Question 4

cool blood, stop bleeding, clean toxin, treat boils, reduce swelling, HDI w/ anticoagulant and antiplatelet meds, bleeding due to heat in the blood

Answer 4

da ji* (large thistle)

Question 5

cool blood, stop bleeding, promote urination, resolve toxicity, hematuria, bleeding due to heat in blood, damp-heat jaundice and hepatitis

Answer 5

xiao ji* (small thistle)

Question 6

cool blood, clear heat, stop bleeding, clean toxin, astringe and promote healing of skin ulcers, burns, hemafecia, bleeding due to heat in blood

Answer 6

di yu (sanguisorba)

Question 7

cool blood, clear heat, stop bleeding, brighten eyes by clearing LV heat, bleeding from LI due to heat in blood; HA and dizziness due to flare up of LV fire

Answer 7

huai mi* (pagogda tree bud)

Question 8

cool blood, stop bleeding due to heat in blood, eliminate phlegm, stop cough, promote healing of burns, help reverse hair loss

Answer 8

ce bai ye* (biota leaves)

Question 9

cool blood, stop bleeding, clear heat, promote urination; edema, jaundice, and painful urination due to damp-heat, heat in LU and ST w/ nausea, thirst, and wheezing, HDI w/ diuretics

Answer 9

bai mao gen* (imperata)

Question 10

bind and inhibit all types of bleeding, astringe to stop diarrhea, kill parasites, vaginitis, HDI w/ anticoagulants and antiplatelet meds

Answer 10

xian he cao** (agrimony)

Question 11

stop bleeding, promote blood circulation to remove stasis, nourish new blood by removing old blood, promote urination by opening water pathways, dysuria, lin syndrome, generate new flesh

Answer 11

xue yu tan (charred human hair)

Question 12

stop bleeding by astringing, uterine bleeding w/o blood stasis, lingering diarrhea and dysentery

Answer 12

zone lu pi (trachycarpus stiple fiber)

Question 13

stop bleeding by astringent, remove blood stasis, hemoptysis and hematemesis

Answer 13

ou jie (lotus node)

Question 14

stop bleeding; warm channels, organs, and LJ; stop pain by warming internal organs, affinity for LJ, uterine bleeding due to SP yang xu

Answer 14

pao jiang** (quick fired ginger)

Question 15

stop bleeding by warming channels, disperse stagnation of cold and damp to relieve pain, calm fetus, warm womb to treat infertility, bleeding (especially in uterus) due to deficiency cold

Answer 15

ai ye** (mugwort)

Question 16

warm earth, stop bleeding; stop nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea due to chronic SP xu; calm fetus; bleeding especially in intestines, urine, uterus, and ST

Answer 16

zao xin tu** (ignited yellow earth)