Week 2 - Stop Bleeding Flashcards
Stop Bleeding herbs generally treat the root or branch?
branch
Which herbs can cool blood in addition to stop bleeding?
Ce Bai Ye, Di Yu, Huai Mi, Da Ji, Bai Mao Gen
Which stop bleeding herbs can also be used to generate flesh? What is generating flesh?
Bai Ji, Di Yu, Da Ji, facilitate wound healing
Which stop bleeding herbs are the marquee herbs for lower burner damp heat?
Di Yu, Huai Mi
What is the significance of charring an herb? What happens to the nature of herbs that are charred?
increases hemostatic ability any cooling effect is diminished
Which stop bleeding herb is renowned for stopping bleeding due to LU/ST pathologies?
Bai Ji
Which stop bleeding herb can alleviate diarrhea and also be used externally for vaginitis?
Xian He Cao
Which stop bleeding herb is cold and can be used to treat phlegm-heat cough w/ blood?
Ce Bai Ye
Which herb can be used to warm the womb?
Ai Ye
Why is it important to consider the nature of the dysfunction when treating bleeding?
Particular stop bleeding herbs are better at addressing bleeding due to certain pathologies
What makes Xian He Cao different from the other hemostatic herbs? Can it be used in Excess/Deficiency/Cold/Heat?
It has an astringing quality that can address diarrhea and dysenteric disorders
It is neutral and can treat a variety of conditions
List actions and indications of Pu Huang
- Stops bleeding: external bleeding due to trauma, internal bleeding conditions such as uterine bleeding, nosebleed, abnormal menstrual bleeding
- Invigorates the blood and dispels blood stasis: chest pain, post-partum abdominal pain, menstrual cramps
- Promotes urination and stops bleeding: for hot painful urinary dribbling
Pu Huang is paired w/ Wu Ling Zhi for ______ Pu Huang is paired w/ Yi Yi Ren, Che Qian Zi for _______
dispel blood stasis
blood in the urine
List actions and indications for Xian He Cao
- Restrains leakage of blood and stops bleeding: nosebleed, vomiting of blood, blood in urine or stool and abnormal uterine bleeding
- Alleviates diarrhea and dysenteric disorders: diarrhea or dysentery w/ mucus or pus or blood, IBD, IBS, ulcerative collitis, Crohn’s Disease
- Kills parasites: used externally for vaginitis, tapeworm, roundworm, malaria
Bai Ji primarily addresses pathologies of ____ channel(s). List actions and indications of Bai Ji
LU, ST
- Restrains leakage of blood and stops bleeding: topically for wounds, internally for nosebleed, vomiting blood, coughing blood. Gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers
- Reduces swelling and generates flesh: abscesses, ulcers, chapped skin, chronic non-healing sores and wounds, bed sores, pressure sores