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Pin Yin: da huang
Common name: rhubarb rhizome
Botanical family: Polygonaceae
Botanical name: 1, Rheum palmatum L.; 2, R. officinale Baill.; 3, R. tanguticum Maxim. et Regel
Primary action: Drain-Attack
Secondary actions:
Clear Heat, Dry Dampness;
Drain Fire ;
Cool Blood;
Quicken Blood, Transform Stasis
Temperature: cold
Taste: bitter
Entering Channel: St, LI, Lv, [Sp, PC]
Actions:
Drains Heat and moves stool; used for Repletion Heat of Intestine or for
YangMing-stage Organ Heat.
Drains Damp Heat (dysentery, jaundice).
Cools Blood Heat, especially with bleeding hemorrhoids, nosebleeds or
hematemesis accompanied by constipation; used for Blood Aspect Heat.
Quickens Blood and disperses Blood Stasis; used for amenorrhea,
abdominal masses, or fixed pain from Blood Stasis, and for Intestinal
Abscess with Blood Stasis.
(See
Stomach Heat (Stomach Fire Blazing)
;
YangMing-stage Organ
;
Damp Heat of Gall Bladder
and Liver
;
Large Intestine Damp Heat
;
Blood Heat
;
Blood Aspect Repletion Heat
;
Blood Stasis
;
Intestinal Abscess
.)
Indications: food accumulation, constipation, distension,
abdominal pain, bleeding, knocks and falls, abdominal masses, sores,
abscesses, jaundice
Dosage:
1-2 qian; use up to 4 qian for YangMing-stage Organ Heat.
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