Carbonized Palm Fiber Classic Formulas

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Astringes and stops bleeding - used broadly for hemorrhage but especially valued for metrorrhagia, metrostaxis, and chronic uterine leakage where a firm hemostatic astringent is needed.
Stops bleeding in heat-type upper-tract hemorrhage when combined appropriately - classical formulas pair it with cooling-blood medicinals for hematemesis, hemoptysis, and other reckless-Blood presentations.
Secures chronic deficiency-cold bleeding when paired with warming medicinals - traditional combinations such as those with Pao Jiang target uterine bleeding from Chong-Ren insecurity and cold weakness.
Astringes the intestines and checks chronic leakage - extended to long-standing diarrhea, dysentery, and abnormal leucorrhea when persistent discharge reflects failure to contain fluids.

Gu Chong Tang (固冲汤) - classical formula for flooding and spotting in which Zong Lv Tan helps secure the Chong and stop uterine bleeding.
Shi Hui San (十灰散) - classic heat-bleeding formula where Zong Lu Tan serves as one of the charcoal medicinals to arrest reckless Blood.
Ru Sheng San (如圣散) - traditional pairing approach with Pao Jiang for deficiency-cold uterine bleeding and insecure Chong-Ren patterns.

TCM Wiki describes Zong Lv Tan as bitter, astringent, and neutral, entering the Liver, Lung, and Large Intestine channels and stopping bleeding in all forms, especially gynecologic bleeding, chronic diarrhea, dysentery, and leucorrhea.
Sacred Lotus lists the closely related raw-fiber monograph Zong Lu Pi with Zong Lu Tan as an alternate name and places the drug in both Gu Chong Tang and Shi Hui San, confirming the long hemostatic tradition of the palm-fiber lineage.
PREPARATION NOTE: this file focuses on the carbonized hemostatic form, Zong Lv Tan, rather than the broader raw-fiber identity, because charring shifts the medicine toward stronger astringent bleeding control.