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Pin Yin: sanqi
Botanical family: Araliaceae
Botanical name: Panax pseudoginseng Wall. var. notoginseng (Burk.) Hoo et Tseng
Primary action: Stop Bleeding
Secondary actions:
Quicken Blood, Transform Stasis
Temperature: warm
Taste: sweet, slightly bitter
Entering Channel: Lv, St
Actions:
Stops bleeding and disperses Blood Stasis; used for all types of internal
and external bleeding. It can disperse Blood Stasis without risking
additional hemorrhaging as with many Blood-Moving herbs.
Reduces swelling and relieves pain; used in all types of traumatic injury,
and chest, abdominal and joint pain due to Blood Stasis; can be used
topically for external injury.
(See
Blood Stasis
;
Hemorrhage due to trauma
.)
Dosage:
1-3 qian in decoctions; 0.3-1 qian if taken orally as powder.
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