Patient's question:
I have been experiencing some spotting during my menstrual period recently, and it lasts for more than 10 days each time. I visited a traditional Chinese medicine doctor a while ago and was prescribed some Chinese herbal medicine to regulate my body. Among them, there is a herb called Rubia cordifolia. I would like to learn more about the efficacy and functions of Rubia cordifolia.What kind of help do I need: What are the efficacy and functions of Rubia cordifolia?
Doctor's answer:
Cistanche is an ancient plant dye, historically known as Ruzhi or Dihexi. It has been a primary red dye since the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Silk dyed with cistanche yields a beautiful red color and is extensively recorded in historical documents. Cistanche is a mordant dye, with its pigment components being anthraquinone derivatives, mainly including alizarin, purpurin, and pseudopurpurin. Through sequential dyeing, various shades of red, from light to deep, can be achieved. In the large number of unearthed silk, cistanche dyeing accounts for a significant proportion.Medicinal Uses:
Cooling blood, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, and regulating menstruation. Used for hemoptysis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, traumatic bleeding, menstrual obstruction with blood stasis, joint pain due to blood stasis, and contusions with swelling and pain.
Cooling blood and stopping bleeding, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: This herb stops bleeding without leaving stasis, used for bleeding due to heat, menstrual obstruction with abdominal pain, and contusions.
When combined with cuttlebone, its hemostatic effect is enhanced.