Description

functions:
1.Warming the channels to arrest bleeding
this herb can be used to treat metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, threatened abortion, irregular menstruation, etc., Which are of cold of deficiency type. It is often used in combination with colla corii asini, radix rehmanniae, etc. In treating hematemesis and epistaxis due to blood-heat, the crude herb can be used in combination with crude cacumen biotae, crude radix rehmanniae, crude folium nelumbinis, etc.

2.Dispersing cold and removing dampness
this herb can be used to treat abnormal leukorrhea due to cold uterus irregular menstruation, abdominal pain, infertility, etc. It is often used in combination with rhizoma cyperi, fructus euodiae, cortex cinnamomi, etc.

in addition, this herb can also be used to treat itching of the skin seen in eczema. The herb can be decocted with cortex dictamni radicis and fructus kochiae and the decoction can be used wash the local area. In treating retention of placenta due to cold, the parched herb can be applied to the hypogastrium while still hot. The herb can also be made into wool, put on the acupoints and ignited. This can send hear into the tendons and bones so as to treat arthralgia due to cold. The herb is therefore the main material used in applying warming moxibustion.

administration and dosage:
usually, 3-9 g of the herb is used in decoction. The herb can also be used in external treatment. In dispersing cold and dampness and regulating the flow of qi and blood, the crude herb is used. In warming the uterus so as to arrest bleeding, the carbonized drug is used.

remarks:
this herb is the main source of moxa used in moxibustion

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