Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

jiàng xiāng / 降香 / 降香 / dalbergia [wood]

Latin pharmacognostic name: Dalbergiae Odiferae Lignum

Alternate English names:

Alternate Chinese names: 真香 zhēn xiāng; 降香 jiàng xiāng; 降香片 jiàng xiāng piàn; 降真香 jiàng zhēn xiāng

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Blood-Quickening Stasis-dispelling agents / Blood-quickening pain-relieving agents

Properties: Acrid; warm; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: heart, liver, and spleen channels.

Indications:

• Quickens the blood and dispels stasis; stanches bleeding and relieves pain: chest and rib-side pain; injury from knocks and falls; bleeding from incised wounds.
• Repels foulness, harmonizes the center, and checks vomiting: Internal obstruction by foul turbidity with retching and vomiting and abdominal pain.

  Dosage & Method:

  Oral: Decoct (3–6g); take as a powder (1–2g). Topical: Apply ground to a powder.

  Warning:

  Unsuitable for frenetic movement of hot blood.

  Product Area:

  Guǎngdōng, Vietnam.