This product is the root of the perennial herbaceous plant ramie (Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud.) from the Urticaceae family. It is found in the central, southern, and southwestern regions of the mainland. It is mainly produced in Jiangsu, Shandong, Shaanxi, and other areas. The roots are harvested in winter and spring, washed, dried, and sliced for use.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Sweet, cold. Act on heart and liver meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Cooling blood and stopping bleeding, calming fetus, removing toxin.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for bleeding due to blood heat, including hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis, menorrhagia and metrostaxis, purpura, and traumatic bleeding. This herb is cold in nature and enters the blood aspect, capable of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It can be used alone or in combination with other hemostatic medicinals. Modern clinical practice has shown that taking this herb orally or using its concentrated decoction sprayed directly onto bleeding lesions under gastroscopic visualization is effective for upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
2. Used for vaginal bleeding during pregnancy and threatened abortion. This herb can clear heat, stop bleeding, and calm the fetus. For cases of restless heat during menstruation in pregnancy and vaginal bleeding during pregnancy, this is an essential herb for calming the fetus. It can be used alone, as in the "Meishi Collection of Proven Formulas," or combined with Donkey-hide Gelatin, Chinese Angelica, and Peony Root to nourish blood, stop bleeding, and calm the fetus, such as in the Xiaopin Fang Rhizoma Et Radix Boehmeriae Decoction. Recent reports indicate its effectiveness in treating habitual late abortion.
3. Additionally, this herb can also be used for heat toxin-induced abscesses, erysipelas, and gonorrhea, leveraging its abilities to clear heat, remove toxins, and promote diuresis.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Bielu: "For children with red cinnabar, soaking ramie juice can treat thirst and calm the fetus."
2. Rihuazi Bencao: "Treats heat in the heart and diaphragm, fistula disease, bleeding during pregnancy, restlessness before and after childbirth, epidemic heat diseases, extreme thirst, and severe mania."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Decoct and take 10-30g; for external use, apply an appropriate amount by pounding and applying topically.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

This product contains phenols, triterpenes (or sterols), chlorogenic acid, etc. The extract of this product has hemostatic effects, which can shorten bleeding time and coagulation time.

The leaves and stems of ramie also have hemostatic effects. The root can calm the fetus, while the leaves and stems simply cool the blood and stop bleeding.