Blood-filling Herb
Blood-filling herb, also known as bone-healing medicine, large blood herb, bone-healing pill, etc., has the effects of dispelling wind, promoting diuresis, eliminating stasis, and promoting blood circulation. Since it has so many effects, what diseases can blood-filling herb treat? And what are the selected formulas and applications of blood-filling herb? Let traditional Chinese medicine guide you through the details:
Blood-filling Herb
【Source】: The whole plant and root of the dicotyledonous plant Lonicera fulvotomentosa.
【Effects】: Dispels wind, promotes diuresis, eliminates stasis, and promotes blood circulation.
【Aliases】: Bone-healing medicine, large blood herb, bone-healing pill, blood vessel herb (Yunnan Materia Medica), bitter herb, bone-healing wood (Tibetan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine), Yugunaxi Nabu (Tibetan name).
【Harvesting】: Harvest in summer or autumn, cut into pieces and dry in the sun or use fresh.
【Evidence】: From "Yunnan Materia Medica".
【Nature and Flavor】: Pungent, sweet, warm.
① "Yunnan Materia Medica": "Pungent, warm."
② "Tibetan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "Mildly sweet, neutral."
③ "Folk commonly used herbs in Kunming": "Sour and astringent, neutral." Enters the spleen and kidney meridians.
Habitat Distribution of Blood-filling Herb
Ecological Environment: It grows in open fields and damp places.
Resource Distribution: It is distributed in Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet.
Functions and Indications of Blood-filling Herb
It dispels wind, promotes diuresis, eliminates stasis, and promotes blood circulation. It is used to treat acute and chronic nephritis, rheumatism, wind rash itching, sequelae of infantile paralysis, sprains, and fractures.
1. "Yunnan Materia Medica": "Dispels wind and activates collaterals, eliminates stasis and relieves itching."
2. "Tibetan commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "Activates blood circulation, eliminates stasis, strengthens tendons and bones, dispels wind and dampness, promotes diuresis, and reduces swelling. It is used to treat wind-damp arthralgia, chronic lower back and leg pain, sprains, hematomas, and edema."
3. "Folk commonly used herbs in Kunming": "Dispels wind and dampness, nourishes blood, activates blood circulation, and promotes diuresis."
Selected Formulas and Applications of Blood-filling Herb
1. Treatment of acute and chronic nephritis:
Blood-filling herb 15g, Hedyotis diffusa root 30g, Cortex Dictamni radicis and Herba Schizonepetae each 12g. Decoction for oral administration. (From "Selected Compilation of Internal Medicine")
2. Treatment of rheumatism and wind rash:
Take an appropriate amount of blood-filling herb, decoct and use the liquid to wash the affected area.
3. Treatment of infantile paralysis and trauma:
First, use plum-blossom needle to prick the affected area, then pound the fresh stems and leaves of blood-filling herb, and wrap them with wine. (From "Selected Compilation of Internal Medicine")
4. Treatment of fractures:
Take an appropriate amount of fresh blood-filling herb, pound it into a paste, and apply it with wine or boiled water.
5. Treatment of edema:
Take 9-15g of fresh blood-filling herb leaves and root bark, cook them with tofu, and take orally. (Formulas below are from "Yunnan Materia Medica")
6. Treatment of rectal bleeding and prolapse:
Take blood-filling herb, Heimeda root, and Mangzhonghua root, cook with pork, and eat. (From "Folk commonly used herbs in Kunming")
