The efficacy and function of Xueyu

Nowadays, our living standards are constantly improving, but our health quality is constantly declining. Unscientific diet poses a potential threat to our bodies. Many Chinese medicinal herbs can regulate and improve our bodies. Here I will introduce you to Xueyu.

[Other names] Beard (Ben Jing), Messy hair (Jingui Yaolue).

【Source】 Human hair . Collect human hair, wash it with alkaline water to remove the grease, rinse it with clean water and dry it in the sun. All the products are processed into charcoal, called "blood residue charcoal". Preparation method: Place the clean hair in a calcining pot, cover it with another pot, seal the joint between the two pots with yellow mud, press heavy objects on top, and calcine with a gentle or strong fire until the white paper stuck on the bottom of the lid turns brown, block the fire door, wait for it to cool, take it out, and chop it into small pieces.

[Properties] Blood charcoal is in irregular lumps of varying sizes. It is black and shiny, with many small holes on the surface, like a sponge. It is light and brittle, easy to break, has a honeycomb-like cross-section, and makes a crisp sound when it collides with each other. When burned with fire, it will become charred and emit gas. Tastes bitter. The best ones are black, shiny and light.

[Chemical composition] The main component is a kind of eukaryotic protein, containing 12-15% water, 0.3% ash, 3.4-5.8% fat, 17.4% nitrogen and 5.00% sulfur. It also contains more or less melanin.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, warm.

[entry into meridians] Enters the heart, liver, and kidney meridians.

【Functions and indications】Removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding. Treat vomiting blood, epistaxis, gingival bleeding, bloody diarrhea, hematuria, and metrorrhagia.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral administration: grind into powder, 1.5 to 3 qian; or make into pills. For external use: grind into powder and mix or apply on skin.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat cough with blood: turn it into ash, add a little musk, and drink with wine. (Zhu's "Collected Medical Prescriptions")

【Clinical application】 ①Treatment of various types of bleeding

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Ben Cao Meng Quan" ("Chinese Medicine Dictionary"), "Ming Yi Bie Lu" ("Chinese Medicine Sea")

This is all we have to say about the effects of Xueyu. I hope it will be helpful to you. Although the value of blood lees is very high, we must be cautious when eating it.