Dragon's Blood (Xuejie)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Sanguis Draconis |
| Botanical Name: | Daemonorops draco Bl. |
| Common Name: | Calamus Gum Dragon’s Blood |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Xinxiu Bencao |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The red resinous secretion from the fruit and stem is collected during the summer. It is heated or steamed into a solid resin, then pounded into powder. |
| Properties and Taste: | Sweet, salty, and neutral |
| Meridian: | Heart and liver |
| Functions: | To stop bleeding and promote the healing of wounds To invigorate blood and remove stagnation To stop pain |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Hemorrhages due to external injuries. *Can be taken alone for external use, or it can be combined with Cattail pollen (Puhuang). 2. Chronic ulcers. *Use with Frankincense (Ruxiang) and Myrrh (Moyao) for external use. 3. Swelling and pain due to blood stagnation caused by external injuries. *Use with Frankincense (Ruxiang) and Myrrh (Moyao) in the formula Qili San. |
| Dosage: | 1-1.5 g in pill form |
| Cautions: | This herb is contraindicated in the absence of signs of blood stagnation. |