Leech
(shui zhi)
Hirudo
Properties:
It is bitter and salty in flavour and neutral in nature,
acting on the liver channel. Being bitter for dispersion
and purgation, and salty for softening hard mass, it
particularly acts on the liver channel, the blood
division, and is a potent drug for relieving blood stasis
and subsiding abdominal mass. It is used to treat
abdominal mass due to blood stasis, large hard mass and
amenorrhea due to stagnation of blood, and pain caused by
traumatic ecchymoses.
Effects:
Relieving blood stasis.
Indications:
For treatment of amenorrhea and abdominal mass, it is
usually used in combination with Tabanus, Swmen Persicae,
Rhizoma Sparganii, Flos Carthami, and other herbs with the
effects of relieving blood stasis and restoring
menstruation, resolving lumps; For treatment of long-term
blood stasis, emaciation due to blood disorders, shown by
squamous and dry skin, emaciation and fullness of abdomen,
it is frequently used together with Radix et Rhizoma Rhei,
Eupolyhaga seu Steleophaga, Radix Rehmanniae and other
herbs to remove blood stasis, promote tissue regeneration.
Dosage
and Administration: 3-6g.
Precautions:
Contraindicated in
pregnancy.
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For the
convenience of customers, we offer the Leech
(shui zhi)
as the
quick-dissolving granule made through modern technology.
Directions:
Every
sachet is equivalent to raw herb 3 grams.
The dosage is for
adults, one sachet each time, twice a day. Please
put the granule into a cup, then put 50-100ml
boiling water into the cup and stir it with spoon.
You will get some tea, drink it when it is luke-warm.
For children, the dosage should be reduced according
to the weight.
Air ship 50 sachets of Leech
(shui zhi)
in the form of quick-dissolving granule for your
personal use now at $98.00.
If you would like to
order this raw herb, please go to
the order form.
