Rubia root is used medicinally for its cold nature and bitter-sour taste, functioning to cool the blood, stop bleeding, dispel stasis, and promote new blood generation. Stir-fried, it treats hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, menorrhagia, and hematuria. Raw, it addresses amenorrhea with abdominal pain, traumatic injuries, and stasis-induced swelling and pain. Effective formulas include:
Traumatic Injuries: 120g Rubia root,Safflower 20g, Ligusticum 30g, Rice wine 1000ml. Steep herbs in wine for 7 days. Take 30ml twice daily.
Chronic diarrhea: Rubia and Chinese yam (as needed), stir-fried until charred but retaining potency. Grind into fine powder, mix with a small amount of brown sugar. Take 9g three times daily before meals. One week constitutes one treatment course.
Premature menstruation with heavy flow and dark red blood: Rubia 15g, Schizonepeta charcoal 9g, Peony bark 10g, Cuttlefish bone 9g. Decoct and take one week before menstruation, once daily.
Premenstrual bleeding with heavy flow and dark red blood: 15g Rubia cordifolia, 9g Schizonepeta charcoal, 10g Moutan bark, 9g Cuttlefish bone. Decoct and take one dose daily for 5–7 consecutive days starting one week before menstruation.
Hemorrhoids with swelling and pain: 30g Rubia cordifolia, 10g Rheum palmatum, 15g Polygonum cuspidatum, 15g Sanguisorba officinalis. Decoct in water, take one dose daily for 7 consecutive days.
Urticaria: 20g Rubia cordifolia root, 10g each Kochia scoparia and Cnidium monnieri. Decoct in water, take with rice wine, one dose daily.
Chronic Bronchitis: 20g Rubia cordifolia, 10g Zhebeimu, 10g Apricot Kernel, 5g Ephedra, 30g Gypsum, 10g Licorice. Decoct in water, take one dose daily.
Allergic Purpura: 30g Rubia cordifolia root, 15g Rehmannia glutinosa, 12g Scrophularia ningpoensis, 10g Moutan bark, 10g Saposhnikovia root,10g white peony root, 10g scutellaria root, 6g licorice root. Decoct in water, take one dose daily.
Mouth ulcers: 20g rubia root, 5g coptis root. Decoct in water. Take one dose daily for 14 consecutive days.
Traumatic bleeding: Rubia root and notoginseng in appropriate amounts, ground into fine powder. Apply externally to the wound once daily.