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Curcuma Powder
郁金散 〔鬱金散〕 yù jīn sǎn
Source: Pǔ Jì Fāng 普济方
Ingredients
- Yù jīn (郁金 Curcumae Radix, curcuma [root])
- Shēng dì huáng (生地黄 Rehmanniae Radix Exsiccata seu Recens, dried/fresh rehmannia [root])
- Pú huáng (蒲黄 Typhae Pollen, typha pollen).
Indications: Blood strangury, heart vexation, bloody urine, and accumulated heat in the small intestine.
Method: Ingredients in equal proportions.
Rationale: Yù jīn cools the blood and breaks stasis. Pú huáng cools the blood and stanches bleeding. Shēng dì huáng, which enriches yīn and nourishes the blood, helps the blood-cooling and blood-stanching action of the other two agents.
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