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Agrimony (Xianhecao)
Pharmaceutical Name: Herba Agrimoniae
Botanical Name: Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb.
Nakai
Common Name: Agrimony
Source of Earliest Record: Diannan Bencao
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The entire plant is gathered
in summer or autumn. It is cleaned, dried
in the sun and cut into pieces.
Properties & Taste: Bitter, astringent
and neutral
Meridians: Lung, liver and spleen
Functions:
1. To stop bleeding;
2. To relieve dysentery;
3. To kill parasites
Indications & Combinations:
1. Hemorrhages due to extravasation of blood
by heat manifested as cough with blood, vomiting
with blood, epistaxis, hematuria, bloody stool
and uterine bleeding. Agrimony (Xianhecao)
is used with Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang),
Moutan bark (Mudanpi), Capejasmine (Zhizi)
and Biota tops (Cebaiye).
2. Hemorrhages due to deficient yang qi
leading to failure of the spleen to control
blood, which results in bloody stool or uterine
bleeding. Agrimony (Xianhecao) is used with
Ginseng (Renshen), Astragalus root (Huangqi)
and Prepared rehmannia root (Shudihuang).
3. Trichomonas vaginitis with itching; 120
g of the herb is prepared in decoction, a
cotton ball soaked in the decoction is then
put into the vagina for 3-4 hours. Treatment
is given once daily for one week.
Dosage: 10-15 g |
