Prescriptions for Stopping Bleeding
Si Sheng Wan (四生丸)
Name
Bolus of Four Fresh Drugs
The Prescription of 四生丸
Source
The book Fu Ren Liang Fang
Ingredients
Sheng He Ye (fresh Folium Nelumbinis) 9g,Sheng Ai Ye (fresh Folium Artemisiae Argyi) 9g,Sheng Bai Ye (fresh Folium Biotae) 12g,Sheng Di Huang (fresh Radix Rehmanniae) 15g.Explanation
Ce Bai Ye: The principal drug, removing heat from blood to stop bleeding.
Sheng Di: Clearing away heat from blood to stop bleeding, nourishing Yin and promoting the production of body fluids.
He Ye and Ai Ye: Stopping bleeding and removing blood stasis.
The Effect of 四生丸
Effect
Removing blood heat and stopping bleeding.
Indications
Bleeding due to blood-heat, marked by hematemesis and epistaxis with bright red blood, dry mouth and throat, reddish or deep red tongue and taut rapid pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchiectasis with the symptom of hemoptysis and gastric ulcer with the symptom of hematemesis.
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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