| Pharmaceutical Name: |
Radix Sanguisorbae |
| Botanical Name: |
Sanguisorba officinalis L. |
| Common Name: |
Sanguisorba root
Burnet root |
| Source of Earliest Record: |
Shennong Bencao Jing |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: |
The roots are dug in spring or autumn. After the fibrous roots have been removed, the roots are then cleaned, dried in the sun and cut into slices. |
| Properties and Taste: |
Bitter, sour and slightly cold
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| Meridian: |
Liver, stomach and large intestine
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| Functions: |
To cool blood and stop bleeding
To dispel toxins and promote healing of ulcers |
| Indications and Combinations: |
1. Hemorrhages due to extravasation of blood by heat:
a) Uterine bleeding.
*Use with fried Cattail pollen (Puhuang), Scutellaria root (Huangqin) and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang).
b) Hemorrhages, bleeding and dysentery.
*Use with Sophora flower (Huaihua), Coptis root (Huanglian) and Costus root (Muxiang).
*If the resulting manifestation is tenesmus, used with Costus root (Muxiang) in the formula Xiang Lian Wan.
2. Burns, eczema, ulcers of the skin.
*Use with Coptis root (Huanglian) for external use.
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| Dosage: |
10-15 g |
| Cautions: |
This herb is contraindicated for large burns. The ointment made from the herb may cause a toxic infection after absorption by the body. |
