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• Calm Blood


• Nourish Blood.

These will now be analysed in detail.

Stop Bleeding

The first simply consists in using stopping-bleeding herbs. These herbs stop bleeding from
whatever cause. As indicated above, they must never be used on their own but must always be
combined with herbs which treat the underlying cause of bleeding.

Examples of herbs that stop bleeding are:

Pu Huang Pollen Typhae

Xian He Cao Herba Agrimoniae pilosae

San Qi Radix Notoginseng

Bai Ji Rhizoma Bletillae striatae

Xiao Ji Herba Cephalanoplos segeti

Da Ji Herba Cirsii japonici

Di Yu Radix Sanguisorbae officinalis

Huai Hua Flos Sophorae japonicae immaturus

Qian Cao Gen Radix Rubiae cordifoliae

Ce Bai Ye Cacumen Biotae orientalis

Ai Ye Folium Artemisiae

Ou Jie Nodus Nelumbinis nuciferae rhizomatis Bai Mao Gen Rhizoma Imperatae

cylindricae Zao Xin Huang Tu (also called Fu Long Gan) Terra Flava usta

Although all these herbs will stop bleeding, they should be carefully selected keeping their
auxiliary properties in mind. We can classify the above herbs in three ways to help us select
them in a rational way:

• according to their nature (hot or cold)


• according to part of body and organ reached


• according to whether they move Blood or not.

According to their Nature

Cold

Bai Ji, Da Ji, Xiao Ji, Di Yu, Huai Hua, Qian Cao Gen, Ce Bai Ye and Bai Mao Gen.