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What are the main effects of rhubarb? Functional taste tropism and contraindications of rhubarb

Rhubarb, also known as Huoshen, Furu, Shu rhubarb, Jinwen rhubarb and Huangliang, is a traditional Chinese medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying. What are the main functions of rhubarb? Let's take a look at the efficacy, taste, meridian tropism and taboo of rhubarb.

The main effect of rhubarb: bitter, cold. Guipi, stomach, large intestine, liver, heart meridian. Indications: diarrhea attack accumulation, clearing heat and fire, hemostasis, detoxification, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It is widely used in the treatment of constipation, carbuncle, sores, red eyes swelling pain, gills, bleeding caused by blood heat rash, congestion amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, traumatic injury, damp heat diarrhea, jaundice, edema, apoplectic phlegm, etc. it has the functions of cleaning up the stomach and intestines, removing the old to bring forth the new, and harmonizing the five zang organs.

1. Attack accumulation and guide stagnation: taste is bitter, Qi is cold, nature is heavy and falling, power is good at walking, straight to Xiajiao, good at returning to Xiajiao. Enter Yangming, can clean up stomach and intestines excess heat stagnation. Where typhoid, febrile disease, heat in the middle.

2. Cooling blood and detoxification: the taste is bitter and the Qi is cold. It has the effect of Purging Heat and cooling blood. Therefore, the medical Zhongshen Xilu says: Rhubarb enters the blood, and its nature tends to be downward and it is good at clearing the upper heat. Therefore, it is an important medicine for eye pain. It is also good at relieving sore and heat toxin, especially for treating toxin. It can reduce stomach heat and induce stomach qi to descend, so it is good at stopping vomiting. "

3. Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: the book of Materia Medica says, "rhubarb tastes bitter and cold. It enters the spleen of Taiyin and Jueyin liver meridian. To relieve heat and blood stasis, to relieve obstruction. Through the meridians and break the crux. It has a powerful function of removing blood stasis and creating new blood.

4. External use of rhubarb: external use is also a good medicine. For example, it can cure skin diseases such as yellow water sores and eczema; it can stir fry with lime until it is pink, and spread the wound after being refined, which can stop wound bleeding. With Sanguisorba officinalis grind powder oil after external application, the treatment of burns quite effective.

The medicinal compatibility of rhubarb is as follows

1. It can be used to remove the constipation of stomach and intestines. It is an important medicine for treating constipation due to stagnation, especially for constipation due to heat. It is often used with mirabilite, Jishi and Magnolia officinalis to strengthen the function of purgation and heat release, such as Dachengqi decoction; For the treatment of excess heat in the interior and deficiency of Qi and blood, or deficiency of yin and deficiency of body fluid, it can be used together with Qi and blood tonifying drugs or Yin nourishing and body fluid generating drugs. For the treatment of deficiency of Spleen Yang and constipation due to cold accumulation, it should be used together with Fuzi and Qianjiang, such as Wenpi decoction; It can be used in the same way as Qingpi and Muxiang to attack accumulation and lead stagnation.

2. It can also be used to stop bleeding and bleeding in the upper throat. It is often used together with huangwa and Huangqin, such as Xiexin Decoction. Modern clinical single use of rhubarb powder in the treatment of upper gastrointestinal bleeding has a good effect.

3. For heat toxic sores, burns and scalds: This product can be taken orally and used externally. Oral administration can clear away heat and toxin, and make heat and toxin release through its catharsis and defecation function. It can also be used to treat carbuncle and ulcer; Treatment of burns, can be used alone powder, or with Sanguisorba powder, with sesame oil to apply the affected area.

4. For blood stasis syndrome: This product has a good effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is commonly used in the treatment of blood stasis syndrome. To treat postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis and endless lochia, it is often used in the same way as peach kernel and common worm, such as Yuxue Decoction; to treat postpartum blood stasis, it is often used in the same way as safflower and Angelica; to treat traumatic injury and swelling pain due to blood stasis, it can be used in the same way as peach kernel, safflower and pangolin, such as Fuyuan Huoxue Decoction.

5. In addition, this product can also be combined with drugs for clearing away dampness and heat. It can be used for treating dampness and heat syndrome such as jaundice and drenching syndrome. For treating dampness and heat jaundice, it is often combined with Yinchenhao Decoction. For treating dampness and heat drenching syndrome, it is often combined with akebiao, Cheqianzi and Zhizi, such as Bazhengsan.