Rhubarb is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, also known as General, Sichuan Army and Brocade. It is the root and rhizome of Polygonaceae perennial herb Rhubarb, Rhubarb Tangut or medicinal Rhubarb. Rhubarb is cold in nature and bitter in taste. It can be classified into spleen meridian, stomach meridian, large intestine meridian, liver meridian and heart meridian, and has the effects of purging pathogenic heat, purging fire, cooling blood, detoxicating, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Traditionally, rhubarb is often used to treat constipation due to excess heat, abdominal pain due to stagnation, diarrhea, jaundice due to damp heat, vomiting due to blood heat, swollen eyes and throat, carbuncle and furuncle, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, traumatic injury, fire and water burns and upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

The Shennong Herbal Classic says:

Rhubarb Treating blood stasis, blood stasis, cold and heat, breaking abdominal mass, staying for food, cleaning the stomach, promoting innovation, dredging the valley, regulating Chinese food, and calming the five internal organs. ? Although rhubarb is famous for attacking diarrhea, it is called? General? , but its practical use is very extensive. In the available medical records of honest officials, the dosage of rhubarb ranks tenth among all drugs. When Emperor Puyi of Xuantong was 6 years old, he suffered from nausea, abdominal pain and fever in his palms due to his sluggish appetite. The physician treated him with cooked rhubarb and other drugs, which soon cured him. Empress dowager cixi, who is over the age of ancient times, once suffered from the accumulation of heat in the liver and stomach, and recovered after taking drugs such as rhubarb made from wine. In addition, many emperors in Qing dynasty often used rhubarb to make tea to prevent and treat diseases. This is because rhubarb has a purgative effect, but also has a astringent and antidiarrheal effect. Although it can increase the frequency of defecation, it will not lead to dehydration, nor will it affect the function of gastrointestinal tract due to bitter cold. Moreover, if rhubarb is decocted for a long time, its purgative effect can be reduced.

From the results of modern pharmacological research, rhubarb has the functions of convergence, hemostasis, spasmolysis, cholagogic, antibacterial, antiviral, antiparasitic, antitumor and blood pressure lowering. According to these effects of rhubarb, people mainly use it to treat the following diseases in clinic:

Can be used for treating ascaris intestinal obstruction;

20g of rhubarb, 0g of pepper10g and 0g of sesame oil100g are taken. First, put pepper in sesame oil and heat it, then add rhubarb, then leave the fire, cool it and remove the residue, and take it twice. The patient begins to exhaust about 3 hours after taking the medicine, and then abdominal pain will be relieved. Continuous taking can make ascaris excrete with stool.

Can be used for treating paralytic intestinal obstruction;

Take rhubarb and mirabilite each10g, magnolia bark and bitter orange each 6g, and borneol 3g. Grind the medicine * * * into fine powder, mix it into paste with Huoxiang Zhengqi water, fill it on the umbilical region, cover it with gauze, fix it with adhesive tape, and apply a hot water bottle on it. Change the dressing once a day.

Can be used for treating toxic enteroparalysis in children;

Soak raw rhubarb in 50- 100 ml of boiling water, and enema the children with the immersion liquid dried to about 37 degrees Celsius (keep 10~20 minutes) for 2-3 times a day. The dosage of rhubarb can be determined according to the patient's age at a time: 1 0/0 g for children under one year old; 1? 3-year-old children use10 ~15g; Children aged 3-6 years use15-20g; Children aged 6- 12 use 20-30g.

Can be used for treating intestinal carbuncle;

Take 30g of rhubarb, 30g of mirabilite, 20g of garlic, 50g of fresh Patrinia herb and 40g of fresh Viola yedoensis. Mash the medicine * * * as mud, and apply it externally to Macbeth's point (appendix), changing the medicine once a day.

Can be used for treating flatulence;

50 grams of rhubarb is ground into fine powder, mixed with vinegar into paste, and externally applied to bilateral Yongquan points for 2 hours each time, or 2-3 times a day if necessary. Patients usually have intestinal peristalsis and exhaust after one hour of application.

Can be used for treating carbuncle, swelling and furuncle;

Take rhubarb powder15g (if there is pus locally, you can add spina gleditsiae powder10g), mix it with egg white and apply it to the affected area, and change the dressing once a day.

Can be used for treating scald;

Take 30 grams of raw rhubarb powder, mix egg yolk with rhubarb powder after refining, and apply it to the affected area, changing the dressing once a day.

Can treat vasculitis;

Take 60g of rhubarb, 60g of mirabilite, 30g of frankincense and 30g of myrrh, 20g of nidus vespae and 20g of speranskia tuberculata, and 30g of Herba Violae. Grind the medicine into fine powder, mix it with lard and apply it to the affected area once in the morning and once in the evening.

Can treat burns:

Soak rhubarb in 95% alcohol (according to the ratio of1:4). After half a month, filter the extract and put it into a sterile sprayer, and spray it on the burn wound 4-5 times a day.

At present, Japanese scholars have isolated more than 20 components of/kloc-0 from rhubarb. Australians have begun to treat obesity with rhubarb and Sanqi tablets; Belgians add rhubarb to coffee to lose weight; Germany, Switzerland and other countries also use rhubarb as an auxiliary material for candy and biscuits. International symposium on rhubarb has been held twice. Therefore, we have reason to believe that with the deepening of people's research and development of rhubarb, rhubarb is famous for its taste. General? Will be more magical.

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