The efficacy and function of traditional Chinese medicine Dalbergia odorifera

In life, the Chinese medicine Jiangxiang is a common hemostatic drug. This drug is widely used in clinical practice. Moreover, this drug grows on the mountains. It is generally used to treat patients' injuries from falls. The medicine oils for falls and injuries we commonly use generally contain ingredients of sauce aroma. It can also effectively relieve pain. So what are the effects and functions of the Chinese medicine Jiangxiang?

【Nature and flavor and meridians】Spicy, warm. Enters the heart and liver meridians.

【Effects】Removes blood stasis, stops bleeding and relieves pain.

[Effective characteristics] This product is pungent, dispersing, warming and unblocking. It enters the liver meridian, moves through the blood and descends. It has the function of removing blood stasis, stopping bleeding and relieving pain. It is effective for bruises, swelling and pain, internal and external bleeding, whether taken internally or applied topically. However, internal hemostasis achieves its purpose on the basis of removing blood stasis. Therefore, it should not be used indiscriminately by patients with internal bleeding without blood stasis.

[Effects and Functions] It can relieve blood stasis, stop bleeding and relieve pain: ① It is used for bruises, swelling and pain caused by injuries, or internal and external bleeding. It can be used alone for external application, or used together with blood-activating and qi-regulating drugs such as frankincense, myrrh, and Panax notoginseng. ② Used for angina pectoris caused by coronary heart disease, often used together with Chuanxiong, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Carthamus tinctorius, Paeonia lactiflora, and Allium macrostemon.

【Identification Application】

1. This product and the plant Dalbergia serrata of the Rutaceae family are both called Agarwood, and have similar effects, but belong to different families.

2. Both agarwood and calcite can resolve blood stasis and stop bleeding, and are used for hemoptysis, hematemesis, traumatic bleeding, bruises, blood stasis and swelling and pain. However, calcite is a special medicine for resolving blood stasis and stopping bleeding, while agarwood can also promote blood circulation, dispel wind, and remove dampness with aromatic properties.

【Compatibility Application】

1. Combined with dandelion: Dandelion is bitter to disperse stagnant qi, sweet to detoxify, and cold to clear away heat. It has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying, eliminating carbuncle and dispersing nodules. The two are used together, one first to promote blood circulation and disperse blood stasis, the other first to clear away heat and detoxify, and they are used together to treat carbuncle, ulcer and swelling.

2. Combined with Angelica sinensis: Angelica sinensis can nourish blood, invigorate blood circulation, promote qi circulation and relieve pain. The two medicines can be used together to promote blood circulation and promote qi circulation, and can be used for injuries caused by falls and pain caused by blood stasis.

3. Combined with Panax notoginseng: Panax notoginseng is sweet, mild, warm and unblocked, while it is bitter and descends to relieve the flow. It has the functions of dispersing blood stasis, stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and relieving pain. The two medicines are combined to be used for hemoptysis, hematemesis, bleeding from trauma, bruises and pain, and swelling and pain from carbuncles.

4. Combined with Clematis chinensis: Clematis chinensis has the function of dispelling rheumatism and unblocking meridians. The two medicines can be used together to dispel wind and unblock meridians, and are used for wind-cold and dampness, and pain in the waist and legs.

5. Combined with Salvia miltiorrhiza: Salvia miltiorrhiza is bitter and can reduce diarrhea, is slightly cold and clears away heat, and has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, cooling blood and reducing swelling. The two medicines are used together to have a stronger ability to remove blood stasis. Salvia miltiorrhiza has the effect of clearing away heat, and Jiangxiang has the ability to lower qi. Therefore, they are used to treat chest pain, heart pain, stabbing pain in the ribs, carbuncles and swellings.

6. Combined with Curcuma: It can enter the blood, promote the flow of Qi in the blood, break up blood stasis and relieve pain, and it can also soothe the liver and relieve depression, promote the flow of Qi and relieve pain. The two medicines are used together to treat Qi stagnation, blood stasis, and stabbing pain in the chest and flanks.

7. Combined with Patchouli: Dalbergia odorifera is aromatic, pungent and dispersing but not harsh, slightly warm and dehumidifying but not dry and hot; Patchouli can dispel evil and filth, regulate qi and eliminate dampness, stop vomiting and harmonize the stomach, and invigorate the spleen and stimulate appetite. The two medicines are used together to treat summer heat, cold and dampness, with symptoms such as fever, headache, fullness and stuffiness in the chest and flanks, poor appetite, nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, and dampness and turbidity damaging the middle part of the body.

8. Combined with frankincense: frankincense is pungent, bitter, cooling and unblocking, with a fragrant smell. It can dredge the internal organs and penetrate the meridians. It is good at harmonizing blood and removing blood stasis. It has the functions of relieving pain, stretching muscles, reducing swelling and promoting tissue regeneration. The two medicines are used together for symptoms such as blood stasis blocking chest pain, rib pain, carbuncle swelling, and bruises.

【Application Notes】

1. It is contraindicated for patients with blood heat, thick purple color, strong pulse and constipation.

2. Use with caution in patients with weak constitution, qi deficiency, yang heat and yin deficiency.

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: 3-9 grams, in decoction, or in pills or powder. For external use: grind into powder and apply on the affected area.