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Alternate Chinese names: 木血竭 mù xuè jié; 海蜡 hǎi là; 麒麟血 qí lín xuè; 真血竭 zhēn xuè jié; 麒麟竭 qí lín jié

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Daemonorops draco Bl. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Daemonorops draco Bl.; Dracaena ombet Kotschy; Pleomele cambodiana (Gagn.) Merr. et Chun

Use: Medicinal

Category: Blood-quickening stasis-transforming agents / Blood-quickening injury-healing agents

Properties: Sweet, salty; balanced. (Some sources list acrid instead of sweet.)

Channel entry: Heart and liver channels.

Actions and indications:

• Quickens the blood and treats injuries: Injury from knocks and falls, stasis pain in the heart region and abdomen.
• Stanches bleeding and engenders flesh: Bleeding from external injury, and sores that fail to close.
• Modern applications: Xuè jié is used to treat bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract from gastric and duodenal ulcers. It is also found in many empirical formulas that are used to treat endometriosis.

Dosage and method: Oral: 1–1.5g, generally taken 2–3 times per day as a ground powder or in pills. Also used externally.

Warnings: Unsuitable in the absence of blood stasis.

Quality: The best quality is iron-gray on the outside and produces a blood-red powder when ground.

Production area: Malaysia, Indonesia, Iran, and Guǎngdōng, Yúnnán, Táiwān.

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