Pinyin: Xuejie
Aliases
Qilinjie, Haila, Muxuejie.
Source
Arecaceae plant Daemonorops dracoDaemonorops dracoBl. fruit exudate resin processed into a product. Distributed in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Iran. Cultivated in Taiwan and Guangdong, China.
Medicinal Properties
This product is irregularly shaped, appearing as flat-round, round, or irregular lumps of varying sizes. The surface is reddish-brown, red, or brick-red. The cross-section has a lustrous appearance. When ground into powder, it is blood-red in color. Odorless, with a bland taste.
Chemical Constituents
This product primarily contains dracorhodin, norathrol, noreugenin, dracorubin, norathrol, dracorubrin, dracoflavan A, abietic acid, dehydroabietic acid, isopimaric acid, pimaric acid, and dracorhodin peroxyacetate among other components.
Pharmacology
Has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antithrombotic effects; influences cyclic nucleotides; affects fibrinolytic activity, among others.
Properties and Channel Entry
Sweet and salty, neutral, with slight toxicity. Enters the Heart and Liver channels.
Functions and Indications
Promotes blood circulation, alleviates pain, transforms stasis, stops bleeding, generates tissue, and closes sores. Used for traumatic injuries, stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, external bleeding, and non-healing sores and ulcers.
Dosage and Administration
Internal use: grind into powder, 1-1.5 g, or add to pill form. External use: appropriate amount, grind into powder and mix for application, or add to plaster for topical application.
Precautions and Contraindications
For those without blood stasis, use with caution.
Prescriptions
1. For chancre (syphilitic sores): Xuejie (Draconis Sanguis) 0.9 g, Ercha (Catechu) 0.9 g, Ruxiang (Olibanum, oil removed) 0.9 g, Longgu (Os Draconis, ground to fine powder) 0.9 g, Moyao (Myrrha, oil removed) 0.9 g. Grind into fine powder and apply topically. (From Yangyi Daquan) 2. For abdominal blood masses: Xuejie (Draconis Sanguis) 30 g, Moyao (Myrrha) 30 g, Huashi (Talcum) 30 g, Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex, boiled together) 30 g. Grind into powder, form into pills with vinegar paste (size of wutong seeds), and take orally. (From Zhaixuan Fang) 3. For postpartum blood rushing to the heart and diaphragm causing breathlessness and imminent death: Qilixue (Draconis Sanguis) 4.5 g, Moyao (Myrrha) 4.5 g. Grind into fine powder, mix with children's urine and wine, and take orally. (From Bencao Huiyan, citing Guangli Fang) 4. For epistaxis (nosebleed): Xuejie (Draconis Sanguis) and Puhuang (Typhae Pollen) in equal parts. Grind into powder and blow into the nose. (From Yilin Jiyao) 5. For all types of incised wounds and ulcerated swelling with non-healing granulation: Qilixue (Draconis Sanguis), purified hair ash, Ruxiang (Olibanum), Moyao (Myrrha), Qingfen (Calomelas), and Xiangya mo (Ivory powder) in equal parts. Add a small amount of Bingpian (Borneolum), grind together into powder, and apply topically. (From Bencao Huiyan, citing Guangli Fang) 6. For all unpredictable malignant sores that do not heal for years: Xuejie (Draconis Sanguis) 30 g, Qiandan (Minium, stir-fried to purple) 15 g. Grind the two ingredients into a powder. First wash the sore with salt water, then apply the powder topically. (From Shengji Zonglu, Xuejie San) 7. For ingrown toenail pain: Adjust Xuejie (Draconis Sanguis) powder with a suitable medium and apply topically. (From Yilin Jiyao) 8. For unbearable pain from hemorrhoids and fistulas: Xuejie (Draconis Sanguis), ground into fine powder, mixed with saliva and applied topically, is quite effective. (From Yangshi Jia Cang Fang, Xuejie San)
