Botanical Name: Notoginseng Radix
San Qi
Alternate Name: Tian Qi
Category: Stop Bleeding
Taste: Wweet, slightly Bitter
Temperature: Warm
Channels Entered: Liver, Stomach
Dosage: 3-9g in decoctions; 1-1.5g in pills and powders up to three times a day.
Key Characteristics: Stops bleeding without causing blood stasis, transforms blood stasis, reduces swelling and stops pain. An essential herb for trauma & injury.
Cautions and Contraindications:
- Seriously cautioned during pregnancy.
Actions and Indications:
- Stops bleeding and transforms blood stasis: for internal and external bleeding including vomiting blood, nosebleed, and blood in the urine or stool. Because this herb can stop bleeding without causing blood stasis, it is very widely used.
- Reduces swelling and alleviates pain: the herb of choice for traumatic injuries, used for swelling and pain due to falls, fractures, contusions, and sprains. Effective in invigorating the blood, it is used for chest and abdominal pain, as well as joint pain that has been caused by blood stasis. May also be used in the treatment of sores and abscesses.
