WH Acupuncture & Herbs Centre

 It is the root of Sanguisorba officinalis L. or Aanguisorba officinalis L. var longifolia(Bert) Yu et Li, family Rosaceae. After it is dug in spring before it shoots up or in autumn after is withers away, fibrous root removed, it is washed clean and dried in the sun. The raw or the carbonized can be Utilized.

[ Medicinal Properties ]: Bitter, astringent, slightly cold; relate to liver, stomach and large intestine meridians.

[ Medicinal Efficacies ]: Cool the blood and stop bleeding; eliminate toxic materials and treat pyogenic infection.

[ Clinical Applications ]: 1. Blood-heat causing bleeding       It can be used for all kinds of bleeding due to various blood-heat, for it is good at purging heat to cool blood and stop bleeding and also at astringing blood. Since it is sinking and descending in nature, it is especially good for hematochezia, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, dysentery with blood stools due to blood-heat in the lower energizer. For bleeding due to hemorrhoids, it is usually combined with Huaihua; for metrorrhagia and metrostaxis due to blood-heat, combined with Shengdihuang and Huangqin. In addition, it is efficactious for chronic dysentery with bloody stool, usually used together with Gancao, such as in Diyu Decoction.

2. Scald, eczema, sores and ulcers, swollen pains     It is the primary medicinal for scald, due to hot water or fire. When used, it can be ground into powder, mixed with sesame oil for clinical application. also it can be used together with the powder of Dahuang. For eczema and skin ulcer, it can be decocted into a thick decoction for external washing, or application with immersed pledget. For sores, ulcers and swollen pains, it can be taken orally or applied externally and should be combined with other heat-clearing and toxicity-relieving medicinals.

[ Usage and Dosage ]: 9-15g. Appropriate amount for external application.

[ Precautions ]: It is not suitable for large burn or scald with external application.

地榆为蔷薇科植物地榆Sanguisorba officinalis L.或长叶地榆S. officinalis L.var.longifolia(Bert.) Yu et Li的根。前者产于我国南北各地，后者习称“绵地榆”，主要产于安徽、浙江、江苏、江西等地。春季将发芽时或秋季植株枯萎后采挖。除去须根，洗净，晒干生用，或炒炭用。