Di Yu
| Di Yu in TCM:Explore the properties of Di Yu according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: sanguisorba, garden burnet root, long-leaf garden burnet root
Pharmacuetical Name: Radix Sanguisorbae
Properties: bitter, sour, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: LI, ST, LV
Flavors: bitter, sour
Special Properties:
circulates blood, clears heat, eliminates toxins, stops bleeding
Alternate Forms:
- Tan- better to stop bleeding
- Sheng- cool blood or generate flesh
- Often made as a cream for burns; cream or wash for eczema, boils
Actions / Indications:
- Cools blood; stop bleeding (bleeding hemorrhoids,
blood in stool, bloody dysenteric disorder; especially for bleeding
due to damp-heat in lower jiao, excessive uterine bleeding; also for
epistaxis, hematemesis, hemoptysis)
- Clears toxic heat; generates flesh (promotes generation
of new flesh; topical use for burns; reduces oozing by holding fluids;
boils, carbuncles, eczema)
Special Notes:
- Generally considered safe for topical use, but it is not recommended to apply to burns that have affected a large area of the skin surface because excessive absorption of the herb may cause hepatoxicity.
Contraindications: - (cc: bleeding due to deficient cold)
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