Distribution:
Indonesia, India, Malaysia (Daemonorops), Hainan, Vietnam, Cambodia (Dracaena)
Properties (characteristics)﹕
Sweet, salty, neutral.
Channels (meridians) entered:
Pericardium, liver
Actions & Indications:
For Irregular Menstruation, bleeding from injuries, injuries from impact, pain from bruises and blood stasis, chest and abdomen pain, open wounds not healing, fungal infection of the skin.
Chemical ingredients:
57 to 82% part of xue jie is a mixture of the following :
Resin esters (C6 H5 CO·CH2 CO·OC8 H9O)
Dracoresino tannol ( C6 H5 CO·OC8 H9 O)
Dracoalban,~ 2.5%
Dracoresene~14%
insoluble resin 0.3%
plant residue 18.4%
Phlobaphen 0.03%
ash 8.3%
dracorhodin, (C17H14O3)
dracorubin, (C32H24O5)
Etc.....
Dosage:
0.3 to 1.5 g.
Cautions:
Do not use too much. It can promote puss forming.