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Bai Ji / Bletilla Rhizome
Bai Ji
Taste: Bitter, Sweet • Temperature: Cool • Category: Regulate Blood • Sub Category: Stop Bleeding

Dosage

3-15g

Actions

1. Restrains leakage of blood & stops bleeding: mainly for bleeding from the Lungs & Stomach, which includes vomiting blood, coughing of blood, & nosebleed. Also for bleeding associated with traumatic injury, usually applied locally.

2. Reduces swelling & generates flesh: applied topically for sores, ulcers, & chapped skin. Reduces the swelling of sores & helps speed resolution of ulcers. Especially useful for chronic, nonhealing ulcers.

Meridians

Lung, Stomach, Liver

Cautions

Contraindicated in externally contracted diseases with coughing of blood; in the early stages of Lung abscess; & in cases of heat excess in the Lungs & Stomach. Traditionally regarded as incompatible with wu tou or fu zi.