Rhubarb

Detailed Product Description

 Rhubarb is the dried root and rhizome of Rheum palmatum L., Rheum tanguticum Maxim. ex Balf. or Rheum officinale Baill. (Fam. Polygonaceae).

Action: To cause catharsis and purge away heat. to reduce heat in blood and counteract toxicity, and to eliminate blood stasis and stimulate menstrual discharge.

 

Indications: Fever with constipation, retention of the feces and abdominal pain; dysentery with inadequate discharge from the bowels; jaundice caused by damp-heat; spitting of blood, epistaxis, inflammation of eye and swelling of the throat due to heat in the blood; appendicitis with abdominal pain; boils, sores and abscess; amenorrhea due to blood stasis; traumatic injuries; hemorrhage from the upper gastrointestinal tract. External use for scalds and burns.