Mu Dan Pi Cortex Moutan radicisNourish Blood
This is the last step in harmonizing Blood. After blood loss, whether it be acute and massive or
scanty but prolonged, there is naturally a tendency to Blood deficiency. Thus, it is necessary to
nourish Blood. Any of the nourishing-Blood herbs are applicable such as Dang Gui Radix
Angelicae sinensis, Shu Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae praeparata, or Gou Qi Zi
Fructus Lycii chinensis.
Thus, in a nutshell, the reasons for adopting these four steps to harmonize Blood in bleeding are
as follows:
- Stop bleeding: to arrest blood loss
- Eliminate stasis: to prevent Blood from congealing
- Calm Blood: to prevent recurrence of bleeding
- Nourish Blood: to restore the Blood after the blood loss.
The above four steps to harmonize Blood must always be combined with the other three
principles of treatment, i.e. to treat the underlying cause of bleeding, to astringe and to treat Qi.
Treat the Root-Cause
The underlying cause of bleeding must always be identified clearly and be treated accordingly.
Bleeding is never treated just by the addition of one or two stopping-bleeding herbs.
The main causes of bleeding are:
(a) Heat(b) Empty-Heat(c) Qi Deficiency(d) Stasis of Blood(e) Yang Deficiency and Cold (this is rare).Heat
Some of the herbs used here are those that clear