Sanguisorba Root – 1 lb (454 g)

Sanguisorba Root, known in Chinese as 地榆 (Dìyú) and scientifically as Radix Sanguisorbae, is a valued herb in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This TCM herb has been traditionally used to support natural wellness, maintain vitality, and encourage holistic balance. At TCMforyou.com, we provide premium-quality Sanguisorba Root carefully sourced to preserve its therapeutic properties.

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[Overview] This herb is also known as White Diyu, Red Diyu, Western Diyu, and Mountain Jujube. It is the root of plants from the Rosaceae family: Sanguisorba officinalis L. or Sanguisorba officinalis L. var. longifolia (Bertol.) Yü et Li. The former is found throughout northern and southern China, while the latter is mainly produced in Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Jiangxi provinces and is commonly called “Cotton Diyu.” It can be harvested in spring and autumn by digging out the roots, removing the aerial stems and leaves, washing, and drying in the sun, or slicing fresh and drying.

[Properties] Bitter, sour, astringent in taste; slightly cold in nature. Enters the Large Intestine, Liver, and Stomach meridians.

[Actions] Cools the blood and stops bleeding; detoxifies and promotes wound contraction.

[Applications] 1. Used for various bleeding syndromes caused by blood heat, especially suitable for lower burner heat causing reckless bleeding such as bloody stools, dysentery with blood, hemorrhoidal bleeding, metrorrhagia, and other lower body bleeding disorders. For treating bloody stools, it is often combined with Sophora japonica flower (Huai Hua), Typha pollen (Pu Huang), and Ailanthus bark (Chun Gen Pi). For hemorrhoidal bleeding with swelling and pain, it is often combined with Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang Qin), Fructus Aurantii (Zhi Ke), and Sophora japonica flower (Huai Hua), as in the formula Diyu San. For female metrorrhagia, it can be combined with Rehmannia glutinosa (Sheng Di Huang), Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang Qin), and Moutan cortex (Mu Dan Pi).
2. Used for dysentery regardless of deficiency or excess, cold or heat patterns, combined according to symptoms. For diarrhea with red and white stools, often combined with Coptis chinensis (Huang Lian), Angelica sinensis (Dang Gui), and Aucklandia (Mu Xiang). For dysentery with bloody stools, can add Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang Qin), Gardenia jasminoides (Zhi Zi), and Rubia root (Qian Cao Gen). For deficiency-type dysentery, can be combined with Coptis chinensis (Huang Lian), donkey-hide gelatin (E Jiao), and ginger-processed Magnolia bark (Jiang Zhi Hou Po). For chronic dysentery with prolapse, it can be used with Galla Chinensis (Wu Bei Zi), as in the formula Bei Yu San.
3. Used for heat toxin-induced carbuncles, sores, burns, and eczema. For carbuncles and sores, whether suppurated or not, it can be used alone as a poultice or decoction for external washing, or combined with Phellodendron (Tian Ji Huang) and Panax notoginseng (San Qi). For burns caused by fire or hot water, the powder can be applied with sesame oil or combined with rhubarb powder for topical application. For eczema with oozing, the decoction can be used as a wet compress, or the powder can be applied dry or combined with potassium alum (Ku Fan).

[Dosage and Administration] Internal use: decoction, 9–15 g; or incorporated into pills or powders. External use: appropriate amount, decoction for washing or bathing, wet compress; powder sprinkled or mixed with sesame oil for topical application. For detoxification and wound contraction, use raw; for hemostasis, use charred.

[Cautions] This herb is cold and astringent in nature; use with caution in cases of bloody stools, metrorrhagia, dysentery, and bleeding with blood stasis. Not suitable for early-stage hot dysentery when used alone.

[Modern Research] 1. Chemical constituents: The root contains sanguisorbin glycoside I, which hydrolyzes to pomolic acid, arabinose, and glucose; also contains sanguisorbin saponins, hydrolyzable tannins, free gallic acid, and methyl gallate.
2. Pharmacological effects: Radix Sanguisorbae has significant hemostatic effects; topical application of its powder promotes repair of experimental burns; aqueous and alcoholic extracts have anti-inflammatory and anti-swelling effects; it inhibits Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic streptococcus, pneumococcus, meningococcus, and bacteria related to diphtheria, typhoid, dysentery, Escherichia coli, paratyphoid, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, certain pathogenic fungi, and Asian H1N1 influenza virus; it also inhibits human cervical cancer JTC 26 cell line.
3. Clinical reports: 1) Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Huanglian Diyu Tang (50 g Diyu, 10 g Huanglian, boiled with 500 ml water to about 100 ml, cooled), 1–2 tablespoons per dose. Treated 117 cases with a hemostatic effective rate of 92.3%. [Zhongji Yikan, 1983, 18(9):56] 2) Acute bacterial dysentery: Diyu 50 g, Agrimonia pilosa (Xianhecao) 30 g, Ligustrum lucidum (Nüzhenzi) 30 g, decocted to 100 ml, syrup added to prepare Diyu mixture, 1 dose daily divided into 2 doses, double dose on day 1. Treated 50 cases: 47 cured, 2 improved, 1 ineffective. [Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, 1981, 1(1):5] 3) Chronic colitis: Diyu 30 g, Yijianxi 60 g, concentrated decoction to 100–150 ml, retained enema before sleep. Treated 85 cases: 61 cured, 22 improved, 2 ineffective. [Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1992, (4):19] 4) Burns: Charred Diyu 70 g, Huanglian 25 g, Borneol 5 g, sesame oil appropriate amount, mixed into a paste for topical application covering the wound. Treated 28 cases of second- and third-degree burns, all cured. [Jilin Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1983, (4):31]