There are a lot of varieties of herbs and each of them has its own benefits and medical properties. There is one group of healing herbs well known as hemostatic herbs and health benefits are used as antihemorrhagic agents which ability is such as shortening the bleeding or promoting the coagulation of blood platelets.
What Are Hemostatic Herbs?
Hemostatic is an effect caused by drugs, medicines or herbs with antihemorrhagic agents. After consuming those drugs or herbs the hemostatic effect may occur indicated by the stopping of blood flow. The same properties are also applicable to reduce the risk of unnecessary blood clotting that could lead to cardiovascular diseases. The lists of hemostatic herbs below are well known to have potent antihemorrhagic properties and have been used for over centuries.
- Garlic
Garlic is always closely related to Count Dracula. Perhaps the reason why Count Dracula is so afraid of garlic is because garlic is a natural hemostatic herb that could stop the bleeding. In other words, garlic has opposite effect as anti-coagulant herbs.
- Skullcap
Skullcap is one of the natural ingredients commonly used to treat insomnia and anxiety. However, more studies also showed that skullcap is a potent hemostatic herb that could provide hemostatic effect in certain conditions.
- Witch Hazel
Witch hazel is a flowering plant well known for its astringent properties. The fact that witch hazel is also containing potent hemostatic properties is because this flowering plant is also used to help treating open wound in the form of healing gels. The antihemorrhagic agents contained in this herb are not only good to stop the bleeding but also prevent the further infection.
- Bistort
Just like witch hazel, bistort is also a flowering plant but also well known as herbal plant which comes from the dock family. Traditionally, bistort has been used to treat snake bites, infectious diseases and to stop bleeding. It is because the antihemorrhagic agents contained in bistort is quite potent even when it is used as home remedy or first aid solution.
- Calendula
The bright yellow flower or orange of calendula is the most attractive thing of this flowering plant. Instead of well-known as hemostatic herbs, calendula is best known because of the anti-inflammatory and anti-viral agents. However, as one of the hemostatic herbs, calendula is one of the main ingredients of external ailments to treat hemorrhoids.
- Ginger
The benefits of ginger for human health are not something you could doubt anymore. The lists of benefits of ginger are including good to manage the cholesterol level and the symptoms of high blood pressure and then consuming ginger for women during PMS period could help reducing the pain.
- Horsetail
Horsetail is also well known as puzzle grass. In modern medication world, horsetail is used to treat conditions like edema, kidney and bladder stones. As anti-inflammatory, horsetail is also effective to treat weak bone and osteoporosis. As hemostatic herbs, horsetail is also super potent to stop the uncontrolled bleeding or hemorrhage of the lung, nose and stomach.
- Turmeric
There are a lot of benefits of turmeric and traditional people are using the pure, paste or turmeric powder to be applied to open wound. The reason why turmeric used to treat open wound is not only because it contains anti-bacterial agents that could prevent further infection through the open wound but also because it is a natural hemostatic herb that could help stopping the bleeding and accelerating the healing.
- Yellow Dock
What do you know about the health benefits of yellow dock? Yellow dock is also well known as curly dock due to its flower characteristic. While the leaves are consumed as vegetables, the root and the fruit are used as medicine. Generally, yellow dock is consumed as tonic to treat digestive conditions but it is also a potent hemostatic herbs.
- Ginkgo Biloba
When talking about the health benefits of Ginkgo biloba extract are such as it is great to fight severe conditions like Alzheimer but in some modern medical cases, ginkgo biloba is also used to reduce the blood flow in the brain, especially in older people. It is because, aside from being plant that is packed with potent antioxidants, ginkgo biloba is also an excellent hemostatic herb.
- Cayenne
Cayenne or cayenne pepper is well known for its distinctive spicy flavor that commonly used as food spices. However, aside from being food spice, cayenne contains a lot of health benefits because it is packed with antioxidants and some essential vitamins and minerals. Cayenne is also one of the herbs considered as the top list of hemostatic herbs.
- White Peony Root
Traditionally, white peony root is used to treat cracked skin occur around the anus that sometimes accompanied by hemorrhoid. White peony root is not only effective to stop the bleeding but it is also containing anti-bacterial agents that could help preventing further infection and at the same time is accelerating the healing process of cracked skin.
- Blackberry
Who could guess that blackberry is actually one of the potent fruits among the hemostatic herb? Just like any other types of berry, blackberry is also packed with potent antioxidants and commonly used as natural anti-aging solution. The antioxidants content found in blackberry are also able to fight cancer.
- Coleus Root
Since ancient time coleus root is well known as herbal plant used to treat cardiovascular diseases. However, as hemostatic herbs, coleus root is also well known to be effective in allergies and skin conditions.
- Bugleweed
Bugleweed contains potent antihemorrhagic agents. That is why this plant is well known to be effective to treat nosebleeds and heavy bleeding during menstruation. It is because as hemostatic herbs, bugleweed is also able to affect the thyroid hormones and used to treat premenstrual syndrome, breast pain and even nervousness.
Those are the top 15 list of hemostatic herbs and health benefits. Some of them are quite easy to find like garlic, ginger and turmeric while others are not always available. If you have severe bleeding history, planting some of the herbal plants mentioned above in your backyard is highly recommended.