Heat and drain Fire and some are those that clear Heat and cool Blood.
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
Gypsum fibrosum, Huang Qin Radix Scutellariae baicalensis and Huang Lian Rhizoma Coptidis.
Clear Heat and Cool Blood
Herbs from this category are the most important ones to stop bleeding from Blood-Heat. The
three most important ones are Sheng Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae, Chi Shao Radix
Paeoniae rubrae, and Mu Dan Pi Cortex Moutan radicis. Di Gu Pi Cortex Lycii chinensis
radicis also stops bleeding from Blood-Heat especially in the lungs.
Empty-Heat
The two main herbs that stop bleeding by clearing Empty-Heat are Qing Hao Herba Artemisiae
apiaceae and Han Lian Cao Herba Ecliptae prostratae.
Qi Deficiency
Any Qi tonic will stop bleeding from Qi deficiency but the most effective one is Huang Qi Radix
Astragali membranacei. The main formula to stop bleeding from Qi deficiency is Dang Gui Bu
Xue Tang Angelica Tonifying Blood Decoction which is composed only of Huang Qi and Dang
Gui Radix Angelicae sinensis in the proportions of 5:1.
Stasis of Blood
Any moving Blood herb can stop bleeding from Blood stasis, but the best are those which move
Blood and stop bleeding such as Pu Huang Pollen Typhae, San Qi Radix Notoginseng and Qian
Cao Gen Radix Rubiae cordifoliae.
Yang Deficiency and Cold
This is quite a rare cause of bleeding. It occurs when Yang-Qi is deficient and fails to hold
Blood. It is rare as internal Cold deriving from Yang deficiency has the tendency to coagulate
Blood. The herbs that can stop bleeding by warming the channels are Gan Jiang Rhizoma
Zingiberis officinalis or toasted Sheng Jiang Rhizoma Zingiberis officinalis recens, Ai Ye Folium
Artemisiae and Zao Xin Huang Tu Terra Flava usta.