Bai Ji, 1lb

Primary Actions and Uses

• Restrains leakage of blood and stops bleeding: For hematemesis, hemoptysis, and traumatic bleeding, used internally or externally.
• Reduces swelling and generates flesh: Promotes healing of non-healing sores, ulcers, abscesses, burns, and chapped skin.
• Nourishes Yin, cools Heat, preserves fluids: Especially for bleeding in the lungs or stomach such as nosebleeds, bloody cough, or vomit.

Context and Traditional Notes

• Bitter, sweet, astringent; slightly cool in temperature; enters the Lung, Stomach, and Liver channels within the TCM category of herbs that regulate blood: herbs that stop bleeding.
• Frequently used both internally and topically—for example, as a powder applied directly to wounds or included in formulas for pulmonary or gastric bleeding.
• Often compared with San Qi for traumatic bleeding; Bai Ji is especially valued for bleeding in the upper body and for wounds requiring tissue regeneration.