Efficacy: diarrhea and stagnation, clearing heat and purging fire, cooling blood and detoxifying, removing blood stasis and dredging menstruation.
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1, stagnation constipation
This product has a strong purgative effect, can clear the stomach, bring forth the old and bring forth the new, and is an important drug for treating constipation. Because it tastes bitter and cold, and is good at releasing heat, it is especially suitable for constipation caused by excess heat.
2, hematemesis due to blood heat, red eyes and swollen throat
It tastes bitter, purges, can release the fire of inflammation, and has the functions of clearing away heat and purging fire, cooling blood and stopping bleeding.
3, heat, carbuncle, burns and scalds
This product can be used for both internal and external use. Oral administration can clear away heat and toxic materials, and expel heat toxin by virtue of its purgative effect. External use can purge fire and detoxify, cool blood and reduce swelling, and treat heat-toxic carbuncle. To treat burns and scalds, single powder or Sanguisorba powder can be dipped in sesame oil to apply to the affected area.
4. Blood stasis syndrome
This product has good effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and dredging meridians, which can not only remove blood stasis, but also clear blood stasis and clear heat. It is a commonly used drug for treating blood stasis syndrome.
5. Damp-heat dysentery, jaundice and stranguria
This product has the function of inducing diarrhea, so it can be used to treat damp-heat accumulation.
In addition, rhubarb can also "break phlegm", dredge viscera, eliminate dampness and reduce turbidity. It is used for the elderly with phlegm obstruction, dyspnea, epilepsy and constipation, such as Jieshi Guntan Pill (the main theory of health preservation).
Usage and dosage: decocted, 5- 15g. Appropriate amount for external use
Caution: this product is a heavy attack product, which is easy to damage healthy qi. If it's not empirical, don't misuse it. This product is bitter and cold, easy to hurt stomach qi, and should be used with caution for those with weak spleen and stomach; Because of its heavy nature, it is good at promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, so it is not suitable for women during pregnancy, menstruation and lactation.
Drug identification shows that raw rhubarb has strong purgative power, and those who want to attack it should use it raw, take it in decoction or take it with boiling water. Long-term decoction will weaken diarrhea. Radix et Rhizoma Rhei processed with wine has weak purgative power and good effect of promoting blood circulation, and is suitable for blood stasis syndrome. Rhubarb charcoal is mostly used for bleeding.
Ancient book abstracts
1, Shennong's Herbal Classic: "Blood stasis, blood blocking cold and heat, breaking accumulated diseases, retaining food, clearing the stomach, bringing forth the old and bringing forth the new, dredging Shui Gu, regulating Chinese food and calming the five internal organs."
2, "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Red and white dysentery, acute abdomen, dripping urine, excessive dryness and heat, hot flashes and jaundice, all kinds of fire sores."