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Cuttle-bone (Os Sepiella seu Sepiae)

Location found

Worldwide

Flavor & Property

Salty and astringent; warm

Effects

Stops hemorrhage, decreases production of gastric acid to prevent gastric ulcer

Use

Metrorrhagia, metrostaxis

* used with rubia root, carbonized petiole of windmill palm and Chinese gall

Traumatic bleeding

* use it's powder for external application

Arrests seminal emission

* used with dogwood fruit, dodder seed and flatstem milkvetch seed

Leukorrhagia

* used with dahurian angelica root and carbonized hair

Gastric ulcer and acid regurgitation

* used with Zhejiang fritillary bulb

Exudative ski infections, purulent ulcers

* use it's powder for external application

Dosage & Administration

6-12g (boiled in water for oral use)

Precaution & Contractindication

Constipation

Note: It is important to be evaluated by a health professional before taking this drug.

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