Zhu Ma Gen苎麻根
Radix BoehmeriaeRamie Root
- Category
- Herbs that invigorate Blood
- Nature
- cold
- Taste
- sweet
- Channels entered
- Heart, Liver
- Dosage
- 4.5–30 g
Actions & indications
- Cools the Blood and stops bleeding
- Hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis, purpura from Heat in the Blood (can be used alone in a large dosage)
- Calms the fetus and prevents spontaneous abortion
- Restless fetus due to Accumulation of Heat (can be used alone)
- Clears Heat, cools the Blood and unblocks and facilitates the water pathways (promotes urination)
- Dribbling or scanty urine due to Damp-Heat Pouring into the Bladder, dysuria, hematuria, gonorrhea, thirst (can be used alone)
- Cools the Blood and resolves toxicity
- Toxic sores, such as carbuncles, toxic swellings, erysipelas, back and shoulder furuncles and snakebites (apply the macerated fresh herb topically)
Contraindications
- Contraindicated in weak Stomach with diarrhea.
- Contraindicated for any disorder not stemming from Blood Heat.
Notes
- It is a key herb for treating restless fetus.
- Cold in nature, it enters the Blood system and functions to cool the Blood and stop bleeding.
- It is indicated for bleeding due to Blood Heat, and may be decocted alone when the bleeding is mild.
- For more severe cases, it is combined with other Blood-cooling hemostatic herbs.