Herbal Action: Styptic/Hemostatic

stop bleeding

Herbs that stop bleeding and hemorrhaging while also draining wounds when used as a styptic - externally. Hemostatic is the term used when taking internally to stop bleeding.

What they do

• Stop bleeding, internally or externally

• Help drain wounds (external/styptic use)

How they're used:

Taken internally as tea, extract, or capsule for hemostatic use; applied externally as a powder, wash, extract, poultice, or compress directly to a wound for styptic use.

When to consider them:

Hemostatic (internal) use: internal hemorrhage, blood in urine or stools, spitting blood, and heavy menstruation.

Styptic (external) use: bleeding wounds, hemorrhage, and nosebleeds.

Herbs

• Lady's mantle

• Alfalfa

• Alum root

• Bayberry (uterus)

• Bistort

• Black cohosh (lung)

• Black walnut

• Blackberry root

• Blood root (lung)

• Bugle

• Cayenne

• Cranesbill

• False unicorn (uterus)

• Goldenrod

• Grapevine leaves

• Horsetail (lung)

• Lichen

• Lungwort

• Mullein

• Nettles

• Plantain

• Red raspberry / Raspberry leaf

• Self heal

• Shepherd's purse

• Tormentil root

• Trillium

• Usnea

• Uva ursi

• White oak bark

• Witch hazel

• Wood sage

• Yarrow

• Yellow dock