STOP BLEEDING HERBS

Question 1

STOP BLEEDING HERBS

Answer 1

Question 2

PU HUANG

Answer 2

CHANNELS: LV, HT, SP (3 BLOOD CHANNELS!)

PROPERTIES: SWEET/ACRID, NEUTRAL

3-10 G (CHEESECLOTH OR COFFEE FILTER)

C/I: PREGNANCY! TOO MOVING…CAN CAUSE CONTRACTIONS!

KEY:

• FOR ALL KINDS OF BLEEDING
• INVIGORATES BLOOD
• PROMOTES URINATION (GROWS IN WATER!)

FOR ANY PAIN DUE TO BLOOD STASIS, GYNO, TUMORS, FIBROIDS

FOR WOMAN WHO BLEEDS TOO MUCH; PAINFUL BLOODY PERIOD, UTI, BLOOD LIN

Question 3

XIAN HE CAO

Answer 3

CHANNELS: LU, LV, SP

PROPERTIES: BITTER, ASTRINGENT, NEUTRAL

6-12G

C/I: DO NOT USE IF PATHOGENS ARE ACTIVE; SINCE IT’S ASTRINGENT, IT WILL KEEP THEM IN => MORE STAGNATION!

KEY:

• # 1 ASTRINGENT HERB TO STOP BLEEDING (NOT FOR STAGNATION!)
• KILLS PARASITES (IE BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS)
• ALMOST A TONIFYING HERB
• FOR DEFICIENT PATIENT…PATIENT WITH CHEMO, CHRONIC FATIGUE, OVERWORK (GIVE HIGH DOSE FOR THIS 30G)
• DOESNT HAVE TO BE BLEEDING
• REGULATES QI AND BLOOD
• HAS STEROID COMPONENT

Question 4

BAI JI

Answer 4

CHANNELS: LU, ST, LV

PROPERTIES: BITTER, SWEET, COOL

3-15 G (UP TO 30G!); POWDERDED 1.5-3G

C/I: EARLY STAGE ABCESS (STICKY SO HOLDS AND YOU NEED TO LET GUCK OUT OF ABCESS)

KEY:

• LUNG AND STOMACH BLEEDING (STOMACH ULCERS!!, LATE STAGE ABCESS)
• DRY/CHAPPED SKIN (EXTERNALLY MIXED WITH SESAME OIL)
• INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE
• STOPS INTERNAL GI BLEEDING SUPER EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE OF BINDING QUALITY
• STICKY HERB!!

Question 5

OU JE

Answer 5

CHANNELS: LU, ST, LV

PROPERTIES: SWEET, ASTRINGENT, NEUTRAL

9-15G

C/I: NONE

KEY:

• VERY SIMILAR TO BAI JI (BUT NOT AS STRONG)
• MOVES THE BLOOD
• ASTRINGES
• STOPS BLEEDING
• UPPER JIAO STUFF
• COUGH/VOMIT WITH BLOOD
• CHARRED IS BETTER TO STOP BLEEDING (RAW IS MORE TONIFYING)

Question 6

XUE YU TAN

Answer 6

CHANNELS: HT, LV, KD

PROPERTIES: BITTER, NEUTRAL

4.5-9G, 1.5-3G POWDERED (ALWAYS CHARRED BEFORE USING)

C/I: WEAK STOMACH; MAY CAUSE VOMITING

KEY:

• ASTRINGES BLOOD
• STOPS BLEEDING! (NOSEBLEEDS, UTERINE BLEEDING)
• NOT USED INTERNALLY
• PROMOTES URINATION (KIDNEY CONNECTION!)
• GENERATES FLESH (FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS TROUBLE HEALING WOUNDS, SORES, BURNS)
• NOT AS STRONG AS PU HUANG

Question 7

DI YU

Answer 7

CHANNELS: LV, LI, ST

PROPERTIES: BITTER, SOUR, NEUTRAL

9-15G

C/I: COLD FROM DEFICIENCY OR BLOOD STASIS; DO NOT USE ON LARGE AREAS OF BURNS

KEY:

• # 1 FOR BLEEDING FROM HEMORRHOIDS/LONG INTESTINE/STOOL (BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR)
• LOWER JIAO PROBLEMS!
• CLEARS HEAT AND COOLS DOWN FIRE TOXICITY (IE OOZING AND BURNS)
• # 1 TO TREAT ALL KINDS OF BURNS
• RAW COOLS BLOOD; CHARRED STOPS BLEEDING

***USED WITH HUAI HUA MI***

Question 8

HUAI HUA MI

Answer 8

CHANNELS: LV, LI

PROPERTIES: BITTER, COOL

4.5-9G

C/I: SP/ST COLD WITH CAUTION

KEY:

• # 1 HERB FOR INTESTINES! LOWER JIAO HERB
• COOLS THE LV (LIVER FIRE = EYES; RED EYES, HEADACHES, DIZZINESS, CONJUNCTIVITIS)
• COOLS LONG INTESTINE
• COOLS BLOOD (DAMP HEAT, ACUTE DYSSENTERY, COLITIS, COUGHS, NOSEBLEEDS, UTERINE BLEEDING)
• LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE
• CAN HELP PREVENT CARDIOVASCULAR PROBLEMS
• SKIN CONDITIONS

***USED WITH DI YU***

Question 9

DI YU VS. HUAI HUA MI

Answer 9

Question 10

CE BAI YE

Answer 10

CHANNELS: LU, LV, LI

PROPERTIES: BITTER, ASTRINGENT, SLIGHTLY COLD

6-15G

C/I: COMBINE CAREFULLY IF BLEEDING FROM DEFICIENCY

KEY:

• SIMILAR TO DI YU AND HUAI HUA MI
• # 1 FOR COUGH WITH BLEEDING!!!
• BAD COUGH (IE PNEUMONIA, COVID)
• EXTERNAL HEALING (FOR BURNS)
• SCALP ISSUES
• UPPER JIAO
• FRESH = STRONGER TO COOL BLOOD

Question 11

BAO MAO GEN

Answer 11

CHANNELS: LU, ST, SI, UB

PROPERTIES: SWEET, COLD, ALSO SOMEWHAT BLAND

9-30G

C/I: COLD DEFICIENCY ST/SP

KEY:

• LANCES THE BLEEDING
• URINATION ISSUES
• LIGHT AND SMALL (NOT CLOYING)
• HOLLOW TUBE => URINATION
• ONLY UB CHANNEL HERB IN THIS CATEGORY SO FAR
• SWEET AND COLD (COOLS BLOOD)
• BLEEDING IN UB (PROSTATE, BLOODY URINE)
• USE FRESH TO CLEAR HEAT FROM STOMACH AND LUNG AND FOR DIABETES
• URINARY, GUM, NOSE BLEEDING
• NEPHRITIS

Question 12

DA JI

Answer 12

CHANNELS: LV, SP, HT

PROPERTIES: SWEET, COOL

9-15G

C/I: COLD FROM DEFICIENCY SP/ST

KEY:

• REDUCES TOXICITY
• REDUCES HEAT (COOLS BLOOD AND STOPS BLEEDING)
• MOVING BLOOD

FOCUS IS ON BREAKING UP BLOOD STASIS

COOLS BLOOD AND STOPS BLEEDING (COOL BUT MOVES BLOOD! RARE BECAUSE USUALLY COOLING SLOWS THINGS DOWN!)

REDUCES SWELLING AND TOXICITY FROM BLEEDING

TOPICAL USE

JOINT PAIN (SWOLLEN ANKLE, FRACTURES)

GENERATES FLESH AND SKIN

SPIKEY => BREAKS UP STAGNATION

STAGNATION AND MOVING THINGS

Question 13

SAN QI

Answer 13

CHANNELS: LV, ST

PROPERTIES: SWEET, SLIGHTLY BITTER, WARM

3-10G, 1-1.5G POWDERED

C/I: PREGNANCY (TOO MOVING!), YIN/BLOOD DEFICIENCY

KEY:

• # 1 HERB FOR STOP BLEEDING BY REMOVING BLOOD STASIS
• TRAUMA BLEEDING (GUNSHOT, BAD KNIFE CUT)
• UNCLOGS THE STAGNANT PIPE! (MOVES BLOOD, STOPS PAIN, STOPS BLEEDING)
• WARM
• ANY TRAUMATIC INJURY
• WOMEN WITH EXCESSIVE UTERINE BLEEDING
• HEART PROBLEMS (CAD)

Question 14

QIAN CAO GEN

Answer 14

CHANNELS: HT, LV

PROPERTIES: BITTER, COLD

9-15G

C/I: COLD SP/ST DEFICIENCY, FIRE FROM YIN XU, BLOOD XU

KEY:

• FOR HOT RECKLESS BLOOD!
• COOLS BLOOD + STOPS BLEEDING
• IMPORTANT GYNECOLOGICAL HERB
• ANY RECKLESS BLEEDING (BLOOD WITH CLOTS, ENDOMETRIOSIS, UTERINE BLEEDING)
• PAIN FROM TRAUMA
• SKIN CONDITIONS
• AMENNORHEA DUE TO BLOOD STASIS
• BI SYNDROME
• TRAUMATIC INJURIES
• WONT CAUSE STAGNATION!

Question 15

AI YE

Answer 15

CHANNELS: SP, LV, KD

PROPERTIES: BITTER, ACRID, WARM

3-10 G

C/I: HEAT IN BLOOD OR YIN XU

KEY:

• COLD WARMING HERB!
• WARMS THE WOMB AND STOPS BLEEDING
• PROLONGED UTERINE BLEEDING
• MOXA HERB!
• FOR ALL KINDS OF BLEEDING! (RISK OF MISCARRIAGE, RESTLESS FETUS, PROFUSE MENSES)
• BLEEDING DUE TO COLD!
• CAN ELIMINATE DAMP
• STOPS ITCHING (EXTERNAL USE IE ECZEMA)
• INFERTILITY
• DYSMENNORHEA