Meridian-Warming Hemostatics
Zao Xin Tu: Chinese Herb Guide
Name
Zao Xin Tu (Furnace Soil)
Nature and action
Pungent and warm. It enters the spleen and stomach meridians.
It warms the middle energizer, dries dampness, arrests vomiting and stops bleeding.
Indications
- Vomiting
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
- Hematemesis
- Blood in the urine
- Regurgitation
- Epistaxis
- Hematochezia
- Metrorrhagia and metrostaxis
- Morbid leukorrhea
- Sores
- Hyperemesis gravidarum
Dosage and administration
Decoct 15~30 g, or make it into a powder. It should be wrapped during decocting. A proper dose is used for external application: pound it into a powder and apply to the affected area.
Cautions
Contraindicated in yin and blood deficiency, and in vomiting and regurgitation due to heat syndrome.
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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