INDIVIDUAL HERBS
Pharmaceutical Latin: | Radix Notoginseng Radix Pseudoginseng |
Common English: | Notoginseng Root Pseudoginseng Root |
Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Sweet Slightly Bitter |
Warm |
Liver Stomach (Large Intestine) |
Decoction: 2-10g Pills and Powders:1-3g up to 3 times/day Sever Bleeding: 3-6g up to 3 times/day Tincture: 1-4ml |
Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Stops bleeding and transforms Blood Stasis |
Internal and external bleeding including hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, bloody dysentery, menorrhagia, and hematuria, dizziness, pain |
Reduces swelling, alleviates pain and removes extravasated Blood |
Traumatic injury with swelling and pain, including falls, fractures, contusions and sprains, stab wounds, pain, dizziness and post-natal Blood retention |
Invigorates the Blood |
Chest and abdominal pain and joint pain due to Blood Stasis Sores, carbuncles and snake and animal bites, conjunctivitis Cancer |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
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Rz. Bletillae |
Calcined Ophicalcitum |
Rz. Imperatae |
Hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis and hematuria. Bleeding from injury to the Lung collaterals. Bleeding in the Stomach. |
Hematemesis, epistaxis, excessive uterine bleeding, hemafecia and hematuria. |
Heat searing the collaterals of the Lungs manifesting as chest pain and hacking cough viscous sputum streaked with dark, purplish Blood. |
Four Substance Decoction |
Calcined Fossilia Ossis Mastodi |
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Irregular uterine bleeding due to Blood Stasis with Blood Deficiency. Profuse postpartum or menstrual bleeding. |
With warm wine for bleeding from stab wounds internally and topically. |
As a poultice for trauma-induced bleeding. |
Internally as a pill for bruising, swelling, inflammation and pain due to Blood Stasis from traumatic injury. |
Generalized muscle pain due to ligament and muscle injuries. |
Topically for ulcerated sores. |
Sm. Cassiae |
Resina Daemonoropis |
Ophicalcitum |
High cholesterol. |
External injuries with sores, lesions and ulcerations. |
Epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematemesis or hematuria. |
Rx. Codonopsis |
Fossilia Ossis Mastodi |
Grain-Based Liquor |
Qi Deficiency caused by profuse hematemesis. |
Chronic hemoptysis and hematemesis. |
Hematochezia. General external injuries. Early-stage External injuries with no complications. (or as a powder) |
Rx. Aconiti Kusnezoffii |
Fossilia Ossis Mastodi |
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae |
External injuries with severe bruises and pain. |
External bleeding due to cuts. |
Angina. |
Vinegar |
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Topically for External injuries with suppuration. |
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- This herb is widely used because it can stop bleeding without Stagnation.
- This is the number one herb for traumatic injury.
- Flos Pseudoginseng San Qi Hua is sweet, cool, calms the Liver and lowers blood pressure. It is used for hypertension and sore throat.
- This herb stops bleeding then resolves blood clots.
- This herb is sold raw as Tienchi powder.
- Some sources say that this herb tonifies Blood.
- It can be used alone for epistaxis, hematemesis and uterine bleeding.
- It can be used alone for External bleeding with pus and ulceration or open sores with suppuration.
- Apply the powder topically for External injuries with open cuts.
- For a wound caused by sharp metal objects, apply the powder directly to the wound and it will stop bleeding immediately.
- Apply the powder to swellings and ruptured swellings to relieve the swelling and pain.
- Use with Blood cooling herbs if bleeding is caused by Heat.
- This herb has anti-cancer properties and is used in many anti-cancer formulas.
- Use with Yin tonics if there is dry mouth due to Yin Deficiency.
- Recently this herb has been used to treat any type of infection, not just infected wounds.
- It has also recently been used to treat coronary Blood Deficiency leading to angina.
- Both San Qi and Ophicalcitum Hua Rui Shi stop bleeding without causing Stasis and transform Blood Stasis without injuring newly generated Blood and both can be used internally and externally. San Qi is bitter, warm, stops bleeding, reduces swelling, alleviates pain and treats all types of bleeding. Hua Rui Shi is sour, astringent, neutral and primarily transforms Blood Stasis so that Blood can return to its normal channels. It mainly treats hematemesis and epistaxis and is applied topically for wounds.
- San Qi and Crinis Carbonisatus Xue Yu Tan both stop bleeding, reduce Blood Stasis and treat all types of bleeding. San Qi is stronger at stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and alleviating pain. Xue Yu Tan is less able to stop bleeding but can facilitate urination, generate flesh and assist in the healing of sores.
- Cooked Notoginseng Shu San Qi is less able to stop bleeding and transform Stasis but is better at tonification and is used for weak patients with Qi and Blood Deficiency.
- Hb. seu Rx. Gynura Segentum Ju Ye San Qi disperses Blood Stagnation, stops bleeding, eliminates toxins and reduces swelling. It is sweet, slightly bitter and neutral. It is used Internally and topically for epistaxis, hematemesis, traumatic injuries with bleeding and bruising, sores, swelling and breast abscesses. Its dosage is 1.5 to 3g of powder given one to three times daily. The powder can be used in decoction. The fresh herb can be applied topically as a paste. It is contraindicated during pregnancy.
- Hb. seu Rx. Sedum Aizoom Jing Tian San Qi stops bleeding, disperses Stagnation, nourishes Blood and calms the Shen. It is sweet, sour and neutral and treats epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematuria, hematochezia, profuse menstrual bleeding, purpura, palpitations, insomnia, restlessness and neurosis. It can also be used topically for External bleeding from trauma. The dosage is 15 to 30g for the aerial part and 6 to 10g for the root.