1 Rheum officinale is cold and bitter in taste, and belongs to the stomach and large intestine meridian, which is beneficial to the effect of dampness and jaundice. It can be combined with other Chinese medicines to treat dysentery caused by stagnation of damp-heat in intestine, jaundice and hematuria caused by stagnation of damp-heat in liver and gallbladder.

Purging heat and relaxing bowels rhubarb has a strong purgative effect, which is an important medicine for treating stagnation constipation. If the intestines are silted by food, taking rhubarb can quickly open the intestines. Because rhubarb is bitter and cold, it is good at releasing heat, so constipation due to excess heat is especially suitable.

3 Detoxifying and eliminating carbuncle rhubarb has the effect of detoxifying and eliminating carbuncle, and is used for symptoms such as excessive heat, forced blood overflow, red eyes and sudden pain, heat toxic sores and furuncle. Often combined with Coptidis Rhizoma, Scutellariae Radix, Cortex Moutan and Radix Paeoniae Rubra.

4 Hypolipidemic effect Rhubarb contains a catechin component, which can reduce capillary permeability, increase endothelial compactness and limit the entry of harmful lipids, thus reducing blood viscosity, increasing plasma osmotic pressure and reducing lipid deposition in blood vessels. And can increase vascular permeability and reduce the incidence of cardiovascular diseases such as hyperlipidemia and hypertension.