Burnet Root (Diyu)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Radix Sanguisorbae |
| Botanical Name: | Sanguisorba officinalis L. |
| Common Name: | Sanguisorba root Burnet root |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Shennong Bencao Jing |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The roots are dug in spring or autumn. After the fibrous roots have been removed, the roots are then cleaned, dried in the sun and cut into slices. |
| Properties and Taste: | Bitter, sour and slightly cold |
| Meridian: | Liver, stomach and large intestine |
| Functions: | To cool blood and stop bleeding To dispel toxins and promote healing of ulcers |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Hemorrhages due to extravasation of blood by heat: a) Uterine bleeding. *Use with fried Cattail pollen (Puhuang), Scutellaria root (Huangqin) and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang). b) Hemorrhages, bleeding and dysentery. *Use with Sophora flower (Huaihua), Coptis root (Huanglian) and Costus root (Muxiang). *If the resulting manifestation is tenesmus, used with Costus root (Muxiang) in the formula Xiang Lian Wan. 2. Burns, eczema, ulcers of the skin. *Use with Coptis root (Huanglian) for external use. |
| Dosage: | 10-15 g |
| Cautions: | This herb is contraindicated for large burns. The ointment made from the herb may cause a toxic infection after absorption by the body. |