Xue Yu Tan
| Xue Yu Tan in TCM:Explore the properties of Xue Yu Tan according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: charred human hair
Pharmacuetical Name: Crinis Carbonisatus
Properties: bitter, neutral
Temperature: neutral
Channels: HT, KD, LV
Flavors: bitter
Tonifies: blood
Special Properties:
expels parasites, stops bleeding
Actions / Indications:
- Restrains leakage of blood; stop bleeding (bleeding:
uterine bleeding, epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematemesis, bleeding gums,
blood in stools)
- Promotes Urination (bloody lin, difficult urination,
dysuria, urinary stones)
- Tonfies Blood (blood exhaustion due to overstrain,
fatigue, pale complexion, modern use for cancer patients and anemia)
- Kills parasites (trichomonas vaginitis and intestinal
parasites, ie- tapeworm; also for carbuncles, boils, breast abcess:
used topically and internally)
- (cc: bleeding due to stasis)
Special Notes:
- Clinically Xue Yu Tan has been shown to effectively treat Peptic ulcers,
upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and external bleeding.
- Xue Yu Tan must be charred to ashes to stop bleeding and disperse
stagnation.
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