Nosebleed belongs to the category of “epistaxis” (nosebleed) in Chinese medicine. Boiling water with rehmannia root and lotus root can be used to alleviate the symptoms of nosebleed caused by blood-heat, but as the efficacy of boiling water with rehmannia root and lotus root is limited, it should not be used as a substitute for medication in the treatment of diseases. In addition, the specific boiling time should be considered in conjunction with the patient’s condition and constitution, and should not be generalized.
Chinese medicine considers epistaxis to be a disease related to factors such as blood-heat paranoia (heat evil causing blood to go out abnormally) and inflammation of stomach fire, etc. Since rehmannia root and lotus root have the efficacy of clearing heat and fire, astringent and stopping bleeding (using drugs with astringent effect to treat bleeding conditions), boiling the two in water can alleviate the symptom of nosebleed caused by blood-heat paranoia. The two can be boiled in water to relieve symptoms of nosebleeds caused by blood heat.
1. Rehmannia glutinosa: the drug has the effect of clearing heat and fire, generating fluids to quench thirst, removing vexation, stopping vomiting, diuretic, and can be used in the treatment of fever and thirst, coughing with lung heat, spitting pus from the lung carbuncle, vomiting and rattling with gastric heat, and astringent pain with fever and lymphatic discharge (burning pain and stinging pain during urination, accompanied by urinary urgency, and discomfort of abdominal traction). In the use of should pay attention to the spleen and stomach cold people should be cautious.
2. Lotus root nodule: this drug has the efficacy of astringency, stopping bleeding and removing blood stasis, and can be used in the treatment of vomiting blood, hemoptysis, epistaxis, urinating blood, and leakage of menstruation (excessive menstruation or more than a few drops of menstruation) and other diseases. Care should be taken not to consume spicy and stimulating food while taking the medicine.
For patients with epistaxis, it is recommended that they should consult a regular hospital for treatment under the guidance of a medical practitioner specializing in diagnosis and treatment.