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What is the effect of rhubarb?
The medicine is bitter and cold. Spleen, stomach, large intestine, liver and pericardium meridian.

Efficacy: purgation and accumulation, clearing heat and purging fire, cooling blood and detoxicating, removing blood stasis and dredging channels.

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1, stagnation constipation

This product has a strong purgative effect, can cleanse the stomach, promote the old and bring forth the new, and is an important medicine for treating constipation. Because it is bitter and cold, it is good at releasing heat, so constipation due to excess heat is especially suitable.

2, hematemesis due to blood heat, red eyes and swollen throat

This product is bitter and purgative, which can release the fire of upper inflammation, and has the functions of clearing away heat and purging fire, cooling blood and stopping bleeding.

3, heat toxic sores carbuncle, burns and scalds

This product can be used both orally and externally. Oral administration can clear heat and detoxify, and by virtue of its purgative effect, heat toxin can be discharged. External use can purge fire and detoxify, cool blood and reduce swelling, and treat heat-toxic carbuncle and furuncle. To treat burns and scalds, single powder or Sanguisorba powder can be used to apply sesame oil to the affected area.

4. Syndrome of blood stasis

This product has a good effect of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and dredging channels, which can not only remove blood stasis, but also clear blood stasis and heat, and is a commonly used drug for treating blood stasis syndrome.

5. Damp-heat dysentery, jaundice and stranguria

This product has the functions of catharsis and catharsis, so it can be used to treat damp-heat accumulation.

In addition, rhubarb can "break phlegm", dredge viscera, and reduce dampness and turbidity. It is used for patients with old 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 in use: This product is a product under severe attack, which is easy to damage healthy qi. If it is not empirical, it should not be used indiscriminately. 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 sexual sedimentation, it is good at promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, so women should not use it during pregnancy, menstrual period and lactation.

Drug identification shows that raw rhubarb has strong purgative power, so it should be used raw for those who want to attack it, and should be taken after entering the decoction or with boiling water; Long-term decoction will weaken the diarrhea force. Wine-made rhubarb has weak purgative power and good blood-activating effect, so it is suitable for blood stasis syndrome. Rhubarb charcoal is mostly used for hemorrhage.

Abstract of ancient books

1, Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica: "Blood stasis, blood blocking cold and heat, accumulation of symptoms, staying for food, cleaning the stomach, promoting innovation, dredging the valley, regulating Chinese food, and calming the five internal organs."

2, "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Red and white diarrhea, acute abdominal pain, dripping urine, excessive heat and dryness, hot flashes, jaundice, and various fire sores."