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Alternate Chinese names: 乱发炭 luàn fǎ tàn

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Homo sapiens L. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Homo sapiens L.

Use: Medicinal

Category: Blood-stanching agents / Astringent blood-stanching agents

Properties: Sweet; balanced.

Channel entry: Liver and stomach channels.

Actions and 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 and 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.

Warnings: 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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