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title: "Hai Piao Xiao"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/493/hai-piao-xiao"
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 ![hai piao xiao, sepiae endoconcha.jpg](/u/hai-piao-xiao-sepiae-endoconcha-iIZOgA.jpg) 

# Hai Piao Xiao

### Sephiae Endoconcha

_salty, astringent, slightly warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Stabilize and Bind**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Hemorrhage
 - Bleeding from trauma
- Urogenital system disorders
 - Nocturnal emissions
 - Premature ejaculation
 - Vaginal discharge
- Digestive tract disorders
- Pain
 - Stomach pain
 - Epigastric pain
 - Acid reflux
 - Gastric ulcers
- Skin ulcers

Hai Piao Xiao is salty, astringent, and slightly warm. According to
the Bensky Materia Medica it enters the liver at the blood level.
This may explain its great function for stopping bleeding. The
liver influences blood flow and blood health. It can even be
applied topically to stop bleeding for traumas and to heal sores
and ulcers.
It enters the kidney to support hormone related leakage including
nocturnal emissions and vaginal discharge. This function likely
influences the adrenal glands and the gonads.

**Channels:** liver, kidney, stomach

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
- Otitis media
- Thyroid dysregulation
- Swelling in the lower extremities
- Bleeding
 - Nose bleed
 - Hemafecia
 - Hematemesis
- Pain in the groin
- Leukorrhea
- Nocturnal emission
- Premature ejaculation
- Spermatorrhea
- Skin disorders
 - Eczema
- Boils
- Trauma
 - Bleeding
 - Ulcers
- Acid reflux

**Formulas:**
- Gu Chong Tang
- Si Hai Shu Yu Wan

**Contraindications:** continued use of Hai Piao Xiao can result
in constipation, should not be prescribed with Zhi Fu Zi and/or
Bai Ji

**Zoo Image:** a camel carves the number 3 into a damn (blood, essence, damp)
but he carves too deep and it is now leaking causing a rash on the wall while
he burps from eating pizza

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