Common Bletilla Tuber is the dried tuber of Bletilla striata (Thunb.) Reichb. f. (Fam.Orchidaceae).

Action: To arrest bleeding, and to promote the subsidence or swelling and the growth or new tissue.

Indications: Hemoptysis in pulmonary tuberculosis, hematemesis in peptic ulcer, traumatic bleeding, boils and sores; rhagadia.

Usage: To be ground into powder for oral adminstration; appropriate quantity for external use.

Precaution: Incompatible with Radix Aconiti and allied drugs.