Medicinals

qiàn cǎo / 茜草 / 茜草 / madder [root];

Latin pharmacognostic name: Rubiae Radix

Alternate English names: rubia [root]

Alternate Chinese names: 茜根 qiàn gēn; 茜草 qiàn cǎo; 茜草根 qiàn cǎo gēn

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Blood-stanching agents / Stasis-transforming blood-stanching agents

Properties: Bitter; cold.

Channel entry: liver channels.

Indications:

Dosage & Method:

Oral: 10–15g in decoctions. It may be char-fried to stanch bleeding, but it should be used raw or wine-fried to quicken the blood and free the channels.

Quality:

Large roots that are reddish brown on the outside and bright red on the inside, with few branch roots or stems are the best.

Product Area:

Mainly produced in Shǎnxī (Shaanxi), Hénán, Hénán, and Shāndōng, the first two of these producing the most and the best; produced on a lesser scale in Húběi, Jiāngsū, Zhèjiāng, Gānsū, Liáoníng, Shānxī, Guǎngdōng, Guǎngxī, Sìchuān.

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