Calm Blood
In bleeding, especially from Blood-Heat, the Blood is reckless and bursts out of the blood
vessels. "Calming" Blood means that it will stay in the vessels.
Examples of calming-Blood herbs are:
Bai Shao Radix Paeoniae albae
Sheng Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae
Han Lian Cao Herba Ecliptae prostratae
Mu Dan Pi Cortex Moutan radicisNourish Blood
Nourishing Blood is necessary to restore it to replace the Blood lost in bleeding.
The main herbs which nourish Blood are of course Dang Gui Radix Angelicae sinensis and Shu
Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae praeparata. E Jiao Gelatinum Corii Asini is also very
important as it nourishes Blood and stops bleeding.
Treat the Root-Cause of Bleeding
The Root-cause of bleeding in menorrhagia is:
Blood-Heat
Blood Empty-Heat
Qi Deficiency
Stasis of Blood
Deficiency of Yang and Cold (this is quite rare).Blood-Heat
Herbs are chosen from the clearing Heat and Draining Fire and especially the clearing Heat and
cooling Blood categories:
Clear Heat and Drain Fire
The most important of all in this category is Shan Zhi Zi Fructus Gardeniae jasminoidis
especially if charred. Other herbs that help to stop bleeding by clearing Heat are Shi Gao