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Properties & Channels

Drug Interactions

Incompatible Herbs

Toxic or Endangered

Latin Name Notes

Xue Jie (Dragon's Blood Resin)

Herb 28 of 34 in Herbs that Invigorate Blood and Remove Stagnation

Channels:
HT, LIV

Properties:
Sweet, Salty, Neutral

Latin Name:
Sanguis Draconis

Xue Jie means "Exhausted Blood"

Actions

Invigorates Blood, Dispels Blood Stasis, Relieves Pain
For Blood Stasis due to trauma with swelling and pain. It enters the Xue level and is for amenorrhea, dysmenorrheal and postpartum chest congestion and dyspnea.
Stops Bleeding, Generates Flesh, Protects Ulcer surface
Used topically to stop bleeding from trauma. Used internally for upper digestive tract bleeding. For chronic non-healing ulcers, hemorrhoids with swelling and pain, open sores with pus.

Contraindications and Cautions

Do not take internally during pregnancy
Do not use without symptoms of blood stasis
Do not take during menses

Herb-Drug Interactions

This section is being researched, and is not completed.

Toxicity and Overdose

Allergic reactions reported include pruritus, skin wheals, eruptions, angioneurotic edema of the hands and feet.

Dosage

1-1.5 grams in pills/powders (Bensky)
1-1.5 grams in pill/powder (Chen)

This Herb Appears in the Following Formulas:

Die Da Wan (Trauma Pill)
Formulas that Invigorate the Blood in the Treatment of Traumatic Injury
Qi Li San (Seven Thousandths of a Tael Powder)
Formulas that Invigorate the Blood in the Treatment of Traumatic Injury

References

Herbs

13. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (Revised Edition)
- Dan Bensky

25. Lancet 2000 January 8;355(9198):134-138 (Article)
- Fugh-Berman A.

17. Handbook of Chinese Herbs (Second Edition)
- Him Che. Yeung

12. Chinese Medical Herbology and Pharmacology (First Edition)
- John K. Chen, Tina T. Chen

26. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals (Third Edition)
- Max Wichtl

Formulas

15. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas and Strategies (First Edition)
- Dan Bensky

18. Handbook of Chinese Herbal Formulas (First Edition)
- Him Che. Yeung

16. The Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula Study Guide (First Edition)
- Qiao Yi

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