Stop bleeding herbs: 14 Chinese herbs compared

14 herbs in the Shen Study library belong to the Stop bleeding category.

Stop bleeding herbs are mostly cool or cold and bitter, and most enter the Liver channel.

Herb	Nature	Flavour	Channels	Main action
Sān Qī Notoginseng	Warm	Sweet, Slightly bitter	Liver, Stomach	Stops bleeding without causing stasis — key hemostatic
Ài Yè Mugwort leaf	Warm	Bitter, Acrid	Liver, Spleen, Kidney	Warms channels, stops Cold bleeding
Dì Yú Burnet root	Cool	Bitter, Sour	Liver, Stomach, Large Intestine	Cools Blood, stops bleeding — Lower Jiao emphasis
Huái Huā Pagoda tree flower	Cool	Bitter	Liver, Large Intestine	Cools Blood, stops bleeding — especially rectal bleeding
Bái Máo Gēn Woolly grass rhizome	Cold	Sweet	Lung, Stomach, Bladder	Cools Blood, stops bleeding
Pú Huáng Cattail pollen	Neutral	Sweet	Liver, Spleen	Stops bleeding (charred — also invigorates Blood)
Xiān Hè Cǎo Agrimony	Neutral	Bitter, Astringent	Lung, Liver, Spleen	Stops bleeding — any cause (astringent action)
Bái Jí Bletilla rhizome	Cool	Bitter, Sweet, Astringent	Lung, Liver, Stomach	Stops bleeding — especially Lung and Stomach
Qiàn Cǎo Gēn Madder root	Cold	Bitter	Liver	Cools Blood, stops bleeding
Dà Jì Japanese thistle	Cool	Sweet, Bitter	Heart, Liver	Cools Blood, stops bleeding
Xiǎo Jì Field thistle	Cool	Sweet, Bitter	Heart, Liver	Cools Blood, stops bleeding — especially blood in the urine
Cè Bǎi Yè Oriental arborvitae leafy twig	Cold	Bitter, Astringent	Lung, Liver, Spleen	Cools Blood, stops bleeding
Ǒu Jié Lotus rhizome node	Neutral	Sweet, Astringent	Liver, Lung, Stomach	Astringes, stops bleeding
Fú Lóng Gān Oven earth (cooked yellow earth)	Warm	Acrid	Spleen, Stomach	Warms the middle and stops bleeding

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