This product is the root of the perennial herb Sanguisorba (Sanguisorba officinalis L.) or long-leaved Sanguisorba (S. officinalis L. var. longifozia (Bert). Yuet Li) from the Rosaceae family. It is produced nationwide, with the largest quantities coming from Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui, and Hebei. It is harvested in spring and autumn, dried in the sun, and sliced. It is used raw or stir-fried to scorch.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Bitter and sour, slightly cold. Act on liver, stomach and large intestine meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Cooling blood and stopping bleeding, removing toxins and healing sores.

bubble_chart Indications

1. is used for various heat-induced hemorrhagic syndromes, such as hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, bloody stool, menorrhagia, and metrostaxis, as well as bloody dysentery. This product is cold in nature and bitter and sour in taste, with the effects of cooling blood, purging heat, and astringing to stop bleeding. It is especially suitable for bloody stool, hemorrhoidal bleeding, bloody dysentery, menorrhagia, and metrostaxis caused by blood heat in the lower energizer. For treating bloody stool and hemorrhoidal bleeding, it is often combined with Sophora Flower; for treating menorrhagia and metrostaxis, it is often combined with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root, Skullcap Root, Typha, etc.; for treating bloody dysentery, it is combined with Coptis Rhizome, Aucklandia Root, etc.
2. It is used for burns, eczema, sores, ulcers, and abscesses. This product can clear heat, remove toxins, and astringe sores, making it an essential medicine for treating burns. It can be ground into a powder and mixed with sesame oil for topical application, or combined with Rhubarb Rhizoma powder, or Coptis Rhizome, borneol, etc., to reduce exudation, alleviate pain, and promote healing. For treating eczema and skin ulcers, it can be decocted into a concentrated solution and applied with gauze; it can also be combined with calcined Gypsum and alum powder for external application, or mixed with Vaseline to form an ointment. For treating sores, ulcers, and abscesses, it can be used alone or combined with heat-clearing and detoxifying medicinals.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Rihuazi Bencao: "Stops hematemesis, nosebleeds, excessive menstruation, menorrhagia, various blood disorders before and after childbirth, red and white dysentery along with watery diarrhea, concentrated decoction stops bloody defecation."
2. Bencao Qiuzhen: "Once the heat is cleared, the blood naturally calms. Moreover, its nature is to astringe; it can both clear and descend, as well as astringe and consolidate, so clearing does not risk excessive discharge, and astringency does not risk stagnation. It is truly a heat-clearing hemostatic medicinal."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Decoct and take 10-15g; apply an appropriate amount externally.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

This product contains Sanguisorba glycosides I and II, Sanguisorba saponins A, B, and E, and tannins. It can shorten the clotting time and constrict blood vessels, thus having a hemostatic effect; it has a therapeutic effect on experimental burns; in vitro antibacterial tests show efficacy against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella dysentery bacteria, cold-damage disease bacteria, paracold-damage disease bacteria, human subcutaneous node bacteria, and certain pathogenic fungi.