Herb

Dragon's Blood (Qi lin jie)

骐驎竭qi lin jie
1 sourceSanguis Draconis

Breaks blood stasis and staunches bleeding, relieves pain and engenders flesh, and disperses stasis pain; used in small amounts.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十四·香木·骐驎竭·主治

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：主心腹卒痛、金疮血出，破积血，止痛生肉，去五脏邪气；散滞血诸痛、妇人血气；性急不可多使。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘、咸，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·香木·骐驎竭·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·香木·骐驎竭·主治/发明Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·香木·骐驎竭·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·香木·骐驎竭·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.