Some medicinal plants have hemostatic properties.

When bleeding occurs, one of the following simple, readily available medicinal plants can be used as a compress to stop the bleeding.

In daily life, when suffering from minor, superficial wounds that bleed, first elevate the injured area, use a clean cloth or your hand (if no cloth is available) to firmly press on the wound, then you can use one of the following simple, readily available medicinal plants to apply pressure and stop the bleeding.

Eclipta alba: According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Eclipta alba has a sweet and sour taste and is used to treat dysentery and bloody stools. Additionally, it is often used to treat menorrhagia, nosebleeds, bleeding hemorrhoids, and bleeding wounds.

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The remedy: Cut off the roots of the Bidens pilosa plant, wash it thoroughly, dry it in the sun, chop it finely, and roast it until charred. Wash the leaves of the wild banana plant, chop them finely, dry them in the sun, and roast them until charred. Wash hair with soapberry water, dry it, and burn it to charcoal. Use equal amounts of each ingredient, grind them into a fine powder, and sift it.

Store in sealed bottles or plastic bags. Keep in a dry place. After disinfecting the wound, sprinkle the hemostatic powder to completely cover the wound, place a clean gauze or cloth over the wound, and bandage tightly. Change the dressing once a day.

Bloodwort: There are two types of bloodwort plants, one with leaves that are red on both sides and one with leaves that are red on one side and green on the other. Both types are used as medicine, but the one with leaves that are red on both sides is better. Bloodwort has a mild taste and a cooling nature. It cools the blood, nourishes the blood, stops bleeding, dissolves blood clots, relieves rheumatic pain and bone aches, treats menorrhagia, leukorrhea, dysentery, gonorrhea, dengue fever, and hematuria...

The average dosage is 20-30g of fresh leaves or 8-16g of dried leaves for decoctions, which can be used alone or in combination with other herbs.

Lotus root: In traditional medicine and folk remedies, lotus root is used under the name "lien ngau," which has a sweet taste, a slightly sticky texture due to its resin, and a cool, neutral nature without toxicity. When used raw, it is cooling, while when cooked it is warming. Its main effects are hemostatic, blood tonic, and menstrual regulation.

lotus root

To treat nosebleeds: Take 30g of fresh lotus root (either alone or in combination with chives, in equal amounts), wash it thoroughly, crush it, and squeeze out the juice. Drop the juice into the nostrils; the bleeding will stop immediately.

Irregular menstruation: Take 20g of lotus root and 12g of bear root (roasted until all roots and hairs are charred), dry them, grind them into a fine powder, and mix with honey or sugar water to form pills the size of green beans. Take 50 pills twice a day with hot water.

For uterine bleeding: Lotus root, Scutellaria baicalensis, donkey hide gelatin, 12g each; Gardenia fruit 12g, Rehmannia glutinosa 12g; oyster shell, tortoise shell, 20g each; Rehmannia glutinosa raw 16g, Lycium barbarum bark 10g, licorice 4g. Decoction to be taken once a day.

In addition, traditional medicine also uses the nodes of lotus rhizomes (the medicinal name is ngau tiet) separately, with hemostatic effects similar to lotus rhizomes.

According to Health and Life