Xian He Cao
| Xian He Cao in TCM:Explore the properties of Xian He Cao according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: agrimony, hair-vein agrimony
Pharmacuetical Name: Herbs Agrimoniae
Properties: bitter, astringent, neutral
Temperature: neutral
Channels: LU, SP, LV
Flavors: astringent, bitter
Tonifies: qi, blood
Special Properties:
disperses cold, clears heat, stops bleeding
Actions / Indications:
- Restrains leakage of blood; stop bleeding (hematemesis,
epistaxis, hematochezia, hemoptysis, bleeding gums, bloody lin, abnormal
uterine bleeding; in combination for heat, cold, excess, or deficiency)
- Alleviates diarrhea and dysentary (for chronic diarrhea
and dysenteric disorder, diarrhea with pus and blood)
- Tonifies Qi and Blood (qi and blood deficiency due
to over-exertion, fatigue with normal appetite, pale complexion, modern
use for cancer patients and anemia)
- Kills parasites (trichomonas vaginitis and intestinal
parasites, ie- tapeworm; also for carbuncles, boils, roundworms, breast
abcess: used topically and internally)
- (cc: bleeding due to stasis)
Special Notes:
- Xian He Cao may reduce the anticoagulant effect of warfarin because it contains vitamin K.
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