Huai Mi
Sophorae Flos immaturus
bitter, cool
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Stop Bleeding
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Bleeding disorders
- Bleeding hemorrhoids
- Dysentery with blood
- Hemoptysis
- Hemafecia
- Menometrorrhagia
- Epistaxis
- Dizziness
- Headache
- Red eyes
Huai Mi is bitter and cool. It enters the liver and large intestine systems. It can be taken daily as a beverage for dizziness, headache, and red eyes.
Di Yu also treats bleeding hemorrhoids. Easy way to remember two hemorrhoid herbs: Do you (Di Yu) have hemorrhoids? Why me (Huai Mi)?
Channels: liver, large intestine
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Red eyes
- Conjunctivitis
- Iritis
- Menorrhagia
- Bleeding hemorrhoids
- Dyslipidemia
- Hypertension
Contraindications: prescribe Huai Mi with caution to patients that present with poor digestive function due to deficiency cold patterns
Zoo Image: a black widow with red eyes eating a hot liver is squirting Preparation H into bleeding hemorrhoids bordered by intestines full of bloody stool