Description

Description:
irregularly oblate, mostly with 2~3 claw-like branches, 1.5~5Cm long, 0.5~1.5Cm thick. Externally grayish-white or yellowish-white, possessing several concentric rings and brown dotted rootlet scars, with raised stem scars above and with a trace of another tuber jointed below. Texture hard and uneasily broken, fracture whitish and horny. Odorless; taste, bitter and viscous on chewing.

functions:
to arrest bleeding, and to promote the subsidence or swelling and the growth of new tissue.

indications:
hemoptysis in pulmonary tuberculosis, hematemesis in peptic ulcer, traumatic bleeding; boils and sores; rhagadia.

referential advice:
1. Astringing blood to arrest bleeding

this herb can be used to treat bleeding of the lung or stomach. The drug powder can be used along, e.G. For bleeding of the lung, or the herb can be used in combination with powder of cyclina sinensis, folium eriobotryae, etc. In treating hemoptysis seen in pulmonary tuberculosis with cavitation, the herb can be used in combination with colophonium, rhizoma anemarrhenae, bulbus lilii, etc. In treating bleeding of the stomach, ulcer and perforation of the stomach or duodenum, et., The herb can be used in combination with os sepiellae seu sepiae, etc. In treating bleeding due to unhealed trauma and sores, the herb powder alone or combined with gypsum fibrosum usta can be applied to the local area. In treating scald or chap of the hand and foot, the herb can be mixed with sesame oil and then applied to the local area.

2. Subduing swelling and promoting tissue regeneration

in treating carbuncle and swelling, the drug is often used in combination with flos lonicerae, squama manitis, spina gleditsiae, etc..

tips:
for external use, the drug is powdered and mixed with sesame oil; it is astringent and emollient to burns, abscesses and other skin irritations; it is highly hemostatic in bleeding wounds; internally, it is most effective in stomach and lung hemorrhages.

this statement has not been evaluated by the food and drug administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Unless used under instructions by a licensed herbalist.