Description:
Big rhubard slicesSpecification: roots, slices, powders
Package: bags or ctns
Big rhubardslices
Latin Plant Name:Rheum Palmatum
Common English Name:Rhubarb
Part of Plant Used:Root
Nature:Cold
Taste:Bitter
Meridians Entered:Stomach, Large Intestine, Liver
Common Usages:
This herb is used in formulas to treat symptoms of high fever,excessive sweating, thirst, constipation, bloating, pain, jaundice,high blood pressure, hemmorhage, no menstruation, immobileabdominal masses, and hot, swollen, painful eyes (TCM: internalheat/damp-heat conditions and stagnant Blood); also used to treatskin burns, worms, edema and delirium.
Traditional Usages and Functions:
Drains heat and moves stool; drains damp heat; drains excessheat from Blood; invigorates Blood and breaks up congealed Blood;clears heat obstructing Blood level; clears heat and detoxifiesfire poison.
Common Formulas Used In
Apricot Seed and Linum; Bupleurum and Dragon Bone; Cimicafuga;Dianthus; Leonuris and Achyranthes; Rhubarb and Scutellaria.
Cautions in Use
Use with caution during pregnancy and immediately after birth.Do not use where there are exterior imbalances, deficient Qi orBlood, or cold-deficient Spleen and Stomach.
Cooking for more than 10 minutes will reduce itspurgative effect. For purgative effect use raw da huang. Forblood invigorating action use wine or vinegar treated da huang. Forstop bleeding use charred da huang.
Specification: roots, slices, powders
Package: bags or ctns
