Prescriptions for Stopping Bleeding
Huai Hua San (槐花散)
Name
Sophora Powder
The Prescription of 槐花散
Source
The book Ben Shi Fang
Ingredients
Huai Hua (Flos Sophorae) 12g,Bai Ye (Cacumen Platycladi) 12g,Jing Jie (Herba Schizonepetae) 6g,Zhi Qiao (Fructus Aurantii) 6g.Explanation
Huai Hua: The principal drug, removing dampness and heat in the large intestines and dispersing heat from blood to stop bleeding.
Bai Ye: Helping Huai Hua to remove heat from blood and stop bleeding.
Jing Jie: Dispelling wind pathogen, stopping bleeding.
Zhi Qiao: Keeping upward adverse flow of Qi going downward and relieving stuffiness of the intestines.
The Effect of 槐花散
Effect
Removing pathogenic factors in the intestines, stopping bleeding, dispelling wind pathogen and keeping upward adverse flow of Qi going downward.
Indications
Syndrome of bloody stools due to toxic heat in the stomach and intestines, marked by hematochezia before or after defecation, or stool with blood, or bleeding due to hemorrhoid, the blood being bright or dark red, reddish tongue with whitish or thin yellowish coating, and rapid pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as hemorrhoid, amebic dysentery and peptic ulcer.
Administrations
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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