Xue Jie
| Xue Jie in TCM:Explore the properties of Xue Jie according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: dragon's blood, resinous discharge
Pharmacuetical Name: Sanguis Draconis
Properties: sweet, salty, neutral
Temperature: neutral
Channels: HT, LV
Flavors: sweet, salty
Special Properties:
circulates blood, stops bleeding
Actions / Indications:
- Removes blood stasis; alleviates pain (amenorrhea,
dysmenorrhea, trauma with fractures, falls, contusions with pain due
to blood stasis)
- Stops bleeding; generates flesh (topical use to stop
bleeding to external injury, acute and chronic skin conditions, hemorrhoids,
cosmetic use for spider veins; internal use for chronic non-healing
ulcers and bleeding of upper GI tract)
- (cc: pregnancy)
Special Notes:
- Clinically Xue Jie has been shown to effectively treat wind-cold damp arthritis and upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
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