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
List actions and indications of Di Yu
- Cools the blood and stops bleeding: damp heat in intestines - blood in stool, bleeding hemorrhoids, bloody dysentery, excessive uterine bleeding, blood in urine
- Clears heat and generates flesh: sores, burns, ulcers, eczema
List actions and indications of Huai Mi
- Cools the blood and stops bleeding: damp-heat in LI, bleeding hemorrhoids and blood in the stool, menstrual bleeding, hematuria
- Cools the LV: red eyes, dizziness, hypertension, headache due to LV heat or fire
Huai Mi and Di Yu are a dui yao pair that treats _______
lower jiao damp-heat
List actions and indications of Ce Bai Ye
- Cools the blood and stops bleeding: vomiting blood, coughing up blood, bleeding gums, blood in urine, blood in stool, uterine bleeding
- Stops coughing and expels phlegm: LU heat w/ phlegm, coughing up yellow or blood-flecked sputum Promotes healing of burns: minor burns
Which stop bleeding herbs are charred to stop bleeding?
Di Yu, Huai Mi, Ce Bai Ye, Ai Ye
Ai Ye’s main action is ______ List actions and indications of Ai Ye
treat bleeding due to deficiency cold
- Warms the womb and stop bleeding: uterine bleeding from deficiency cold
- Disperses cold and alleviates pain: abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, infertility and leukorrhea
- Eliminates dampness and stop itching: externally for eczema, itching
Ai Ye is used with _____ to address lower jiao cold
Rou Gui, Wu Yao
List actions and indications for Da Ji
- Cools the blood and stops bleeding: profuse menstrual bleeding, blood in urine/stool, nosebleed, vomiting blood, coughing blood
- Reduces swelling and generates flesh at sores: carbuncles, swellings, abscesses, sores
- Benefits GB and reduces jaundice: damp-heat in lower jiao
List actions and indications for Bai Mao Gen
- Cools the blood and stops bleeding: blood in urine, vomiting blood, nosebleed, coughing up blood
- Clears heat and promotes urination: hot painful urination
- Clears heat from ST and LU: irritability, thirst w/ nausea or wheezing
