Da Huang

Latin name: Rhei, Radix et Rhizoma

Da Huang  Also Known As: rhubarb root and rhizome, chuan jun, sheng jun, jiang jun, jin wen

Properties: BITTER - COLD

Dosage: 3 -12g

Meridians/Channels: HEART, LARGE INTESTINE, LIVER, STOMACH

• Drains heat and purges accumilation for high fever, sweating, thirst, constipation, abdominal distension, delirium and yellow tongue coating
• Drains damp heat by defication
• Drains heat from the blood for the treatment of blood in the stools, hemorrhoids, vommiting blood or nosebleeds
• Invigorates the blood and dispels blood stasis for abdominal masses, amenorrhea and fixed pain due to blood stasis
• Topically for fire toxicity/ heat for burns and lesions