Prescriptions for Stopping Bleeding
Ke Xue Fang (咳血方): Classic TCM Formula
Name
Prescription for Treating Hemoptysis
The Prescription of 咳血方
Source
The book Dan Xi Xin Fa
Ingredients
Qing Dai (Indigo Naturalis) 6g,He Zi (Fructus Chebulae) 6g,Gua Lou Ren (Semen Trichosanthis) 9g,Hai Shi (Os Costaziae) 9g,Zhi Zi (Fructus Gardeniae) 9g.Explanation
Qing Dai and Zhi Zi: The principal drugs, purging fire in the liver and clearing away heat from blood.
Gua Lou Ren and Hai Shi: Removing heat and fire pathogens, moistening dryness and resolving phlegm.
He Zi: Astringing the lung-Qi to relieve cough.
The Effect of 咳血方
Effect
Eliminating fire pathogen, resolving phlegm, astringing the lung-Qi and relieving cough.
Indications
Syndrome due to attack of the lung by the liver-fire, marked by cough, thick sputum with blood streak, difficulty in expectoration, or dysphoria, irritability, prickle pain in the chest and hypochondrium, reddened cheeks, constipation, reddish tongue with yellowish coating, and taut rapid pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as bronchiectasis and pulmonary tuberculosis with the symptom of hemoptysis.
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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