Medicinals
xuè yú tàn / 血余炭 / 血餘炭 / charred hair
Latin pharmacognostic name: Crinis Carbonisatus
Alternate English names:
Alternate Chinese names: 乱发炭 luàn fǎ tàn
Origin: Plant
Use: medicinal
Category: Blood-stanching agents / Astringent blood-stanching agents
Properties: Sweet; balanced.
Channel entry: liver and stomach channels.
Indications:
- Stanches bleeding and disperses stasis: Nosebleed, expectoration of blood, vomiting of blood (blood ejection), blood strangury, bloody stool, and flooding and spotting.
- Transforms stasis and disinhibits urination: Inhibited urination, stone strangury, blood strangury.
- Additional uses: Xuè yú tàn may be used topically to engender flesh and close sores. It is applied to
welling- and flat-abscesses (yōng jū) after rupturing and may also be applied to ulcerated burns and scalds.
Dosage & Method:
Oral: 6–10g in decoctions. When swallowed as a powder, 1.5–3 g doses are taken 1–3 times per day. Also used externally.
Warning:
Xuè yú tàn is said to have a turbid qì; thus, it is unsuitable for patients suffering from stomach weakness because it can cause vomiting.
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