bubble_chart Source

The blood of the bovid animal, the blue sheep, is produced in Sichuan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, and other regions. It is generally hunted using methods such as lassoing, netting, and trapping. After capture, a syringe is used to pierce the heart to extract heart blood; or fresh blood is obtained by slaughter. The blood is placed in a basin, dried in the sun, and then cut into small pieces. Alternatively, the fresh blood can be re-injected into sheep intestines that have been scraped clean of fat, tied into 3-4 cm long sections, dried in the sun, and then removed.

bubble_chart Morphological Characteristics

The Kenyang, also known as: wild sheep (Zi Lin), goat (Riyong Bencao), and goral. Body length 0.9-1.1 meters, tail length 13-17 centimeters, females are smaller. Limbs are short. Suborbital glands are degenerated. Both males and females have horns, short and straight, 10-14 centimeters long, black in color, slanting backward, the bases of the two horns are very close, except for the tip, the rest have transverse ridges. The overall fur color is gray-brown, with gray underfur. The forehead, lower cheeks, and throat are brown, with a large white patch at the back of the throat. The base of the tail is nearly gray-brown, and the end is brown-black. Mostly inhabits high mountain forests, also often found in bare rock areas on mountain tops. In summer, they live in caves, and in winter, they descend to forests. Good at climbing cliffs, foraging in the morning and evening. In winter, they feed on branches, lichens, moss, etc., and in spring, summer, and autumn, they eat grasses and fruits. Mating occurs in winter, with a gestation period of 6 months, producing 1-2 offspring per litter. Distributed in Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hubei, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, and other places. The horns (goat horns), meat (mutton), liver (sheep liver), and fat oil (goat oil) of this animal are also used for medicinal purposes, each detailed in specific entries.

Dried blood, in chunks or flakes, black-brown or deep purple, slightly glossy. Light in weight. Smells fishy. The best quality is deep purple with gloss. When a small amount of blood is added to a bowl of clear water, the blood rises from the bottom of the bowl into linear blood threads that do not disperse, indicating authenticity.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Salty, hot. Bencao Huiyan: sweet, hot, nontoxic. Yuqiu Yaojie: salty and sweet, neutral. Bencao Zaixin: sweet, extremely hot, slightly toxic. Act on heart and liver meridians. Bencao Xinbian: act on lung and heart meridians. Bencao Zaixin: act on liver and stomach meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Promoting blood circulation, dispersing stasis, unblocking collaterals, and detoxifying.

bubble_chart Indications

Bruise injury, bone and muscle pain, hematemesis, epistaxis, bloody stool, hematuria, abscess.

1. Treatment for bruise injury: one qian of goral blood, Sanqi three qian. Grind into powder. Five qian of brown sugar, child's urine one ge, a bowl of wine, mix well and drink, no need to get heavily drunk. ("Dong Tian Ao Zhi" Goat Wine)
2. Invigorating blood and resolving stasis, reunion of broken sinews and fractured bones: goral blood, Glass Lizard, Sanqi. Grind together into powder, take with wine. (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica)
3. Treatment for soft tissue injury: green goat blood, Winged Euonymus bark, Red Peony Root, iron rod seven. Grind into powder, take with wine. ("Plateau Chinese Herbal Medicine Treatment Manual")
4. Treatment for hematemesis: Guangxi true goral blood. Take three fen before bed, can guide blood back to its source. ("Jiang Xintian's Empirical Prescriptions")
5. Treatment for acute heart pain: one fen of goral blood. Dissolve in burning wine and take. ("Nian Xiyao's Collection of Proven Prescriptions")

bubble_chart Documentation

Bencao Huiyan: "Can activate blood and disperse blood stasis. For internal injuries from falls, severe blood swelling, or internal damage to the organs, bones, membranes, and meridians, as well as external injuries with ruptured blood vessels and discolored skin and flesh, when the vital energy is about to be exhausted, use one or two li, dissolve in warm wine, and pour into the throat."
1. "Medicinal Property Examination": "Treats injuries from falls, coughing, spitting, vomiting, nosebleeds, and various types of blood in urine and stool. Can stop bleeding and dissipate blood stasis."
2. "Zhu Mu's Tested Prescriptions": "Can detoxify fresh mushrooms and pufferfish poison."
3. "Heilongjiang Chinese Medicinals": "Treats women's menstrual blood disorders."
4. Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica: "Treats all types of abscesses and swellings."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

For internal use: Grind into powder and dissolve in wine, 0.3 to 1 qian; or take in pill form.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

People with blood heat should use with caution.