Chinese Loropetalum Classic Formulas

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Clears heat and resolves toxicity with a particular bowel focus - Ji Mu is recorded for diarrhea and damp-toxic intestinal irritation, suggesting a modest place among lesser-known herbs used when heat, toxin, and digestive upset occur together.
Astringes and stops bleeding - folk and materia-medica records preserve use of the leaves or aerial parts for traumatic bleeding and other superficial hemorrhagic presentations, especially when a local styptic herb is needed.
Invigorates blood and dispels stasis - the herb is also used in regional practice for blood-stasis patterns such as amenorrhea, traumatic injury, bruising pain, and fixed obstruction rather than diffuse deficiency pain alone.
Relieves swelling and pain in injuries or chronic obstruction - external or internal use has been noted for falls, chronic joint discomfort, and painful swellings where stagnation and local inflammation coexist.

Ji Mu topical leaf use for traumatic bleeding - regional practice applies the fresh or prepared leaf to cuts or externally bleeding injuries when the goal is to stop bleeding while reducing pain and local heat.
Ji Mu with Tao Ren or Hong Hua - blood-stasis pairing logic for amenorrhea, fixed pain, and trauma where local tradition uses Ji Mu to add astringent and toxin-resolving support to more direct stasis-moving herbs.
Ji Mu decoction for heat-toxic diarrhea - simple internal use is described in later herb lists when loose stool is attributed to toxic heat rather than deficiency cold.

American Dragon lists Ji Mu under Herba Loropetali and summarizes its core actions as clearing heat and toxic material, stopping bleeding by astringing, and invigorating blood to remove stasis.
A Chinese materia-medica summary for Ji Mu records the leaf as bitter and astringent with neutral nature, and specifically mentions blood-stasis amenorrhea, traumatic injury, chronic arthritis, and traumatic bleeding as representative uses.
A Chinese herbal database entry for 继木 associates the herb with Lung, Spleen, Stomach, and Large Intestine tropism and highlights bitter-acrid medicinal character, which fits the combined diarrhea, detoxifying, and pain-relieving uses reported in regional practice.