Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "everything can be used as medicine". If we pay attention to observation, we will find that whether it is plants, animals, minerals, animal feces (five spirit steaks, night sand), loess in the heart of the stove, and even human nails and dandruff can be used as medicine, which fully demonstrates the profoundness of traditional Chinese medicine. Let’s talk about human hair.
The nutrition of hair comes from blood, so Li Shizhen said: "The hair is the residual blood, so it can cure blood diseases." Hair is an external sign of the kidney, and the vitality of the hair comes from the kidney. If the kidney qi is abundant and the kidney essence is full, the hair will be black, shiny and moist. Otherwise, the hair will wither, white and fall off. If the hair is not directly used as medicine, it must be washed with healthy people's hair and used after washing and calcining charcoal. It is called Xueyuan Charcoal . The medicine is bitter and slightly warm in nature and tastes. It is used to stop bleeding, eliminate blood stasis, promote diuresis and generate muscle.
Blood-residue charcoal can cure blood diseases and is a good medicine for stopping and eliminating blood stasis. It is suitable for bleeding diseases such as vomiting, epistaxis, bloody bleeding, blood stool , membranaceus, etc. Boil cream externally to stop bleeding and muscle production, treat trauma bleeding or ulcers without astringent; blowing in the nose can stop epistaxis; blood-residue charcoal can eliminate blood stasis and clear orifices, treat blood stasis and blockage, and is not easy to urinate. It is suitable for blood stasis and heat, with obstruction of urination, thirst, abdominal distension and pain, or hematuria.
Blood excess charcoal is astringent and stops bleeding and can remove blood stasis. It has the characteristics of stopping bleeding without leaving blood stasis. It is most suitable for those with bleeding and stagnation. This medicine can also be used in combination with other drugs. It is often used in treating bleeding with Orchidaceae and lotus root node . It is used in treating bloody pain with Puhuang, Raw Rehmannia and Licorice. It is used in treating bloody pain with talc and white fish. It is used in treating urination with talc and white fish. Generally, people with low gastrointestinal tract should not take blood charcoal, and women should also use it with caution during menstruation.
