Da Huang Granules

Brand: TCM Zone 5:1 Singles

English name: rhubarb root and rhizome

Chinese name: Da Huang, 大黃

Unit Size: box of 40/1 gm packets

Potency: 5:1

Taste: Bitter - Bensky

Properties: Cold - Bensky

Contraindications: Because this herb readily injures the Stomach qi, it should not be used in those with a weak Stomach. Similarly, it should be avoided by those with qi and blood deficiency who do not have significant accumulations or blood stasis. Use with great caution, and only when absolutely necessary, during menstruation, pregnancy, and lactation. - Bensky

Chinese Symptomology: High fever, profuse sweating, thirst, constipation, abdominal distention and pain, delirium; Intense fever, sore throat, hot/swollen/painful eyes, fire toxin sores; jaundice, painful urinary dribbling, vomiting blood, nosebleed, constipation; fixed pain due to blood stasis; burns or skin lesions due to heat - Bensky

Actions: Purges clumped heat in the Intestines, cools the blood, removes blood stasis, stops bleeding (charred) - Bensky - Bensky

Pattern: Intestinal heat excess, Yang brightness; Fire from excess; Damp-heat; Heat accumulating in the Intestines; Chaotic movement of hot blood; Blood stasis - Bensky

Channels Entered: Heart, Large Intestine, Liver, Stomach - Bensky

Ingredients: Da Huang - Rhei Radix et Rhizoma

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed

• Drains heat and purges accumulations: for high fever, profuse sweating, thirst, constipation, abdominal distention and pain, delirium, yellow tongue coating, and a full pulse. This presentation is referred to either as Intestinal heat excess or the yang brightness organ-stage of the six stages of disease.
• Drains fire: for fire from excess leading to intense fever, sore throat, hot, swollen, and painful eyes, or fire toxin sores due to heat excess obstructing the blood level. Particularly useful when these problems are accompanied by constipation.
• Clears heat, transforms dampness, and promotes urination: for damp-heat leading to such problems as painful urinary dribbling.
• Drains heat from the blood: for blood in the stool either from bleeding hemorrhoids or heat accumulating in the Intestines. Also for chaotic movement of hot blood that overflows, manifested in vomiting blood or nosebleed accompanied by constipation. Can be powdered and administered orally for bleeding from the upper digestive tract. This is an important herb because it can stop bleeding without causing stasis.
• Invigorates the blood and dispels blood stasis: for amenorrhea, fixed abdominal masses, or fixed pain due to blood stasis. Also for blood stasis due to traumatic injury or Intestinal abscess. This is an important herb for both recent and long-term blood stasis as it can both eliminate static blood that is outside the vessels vial the bowels, and clear the heat that often develops from stasis. It is used both internally and externally.
• Clears heat and reduces fire toxicity: used either topically or internally for burns or skin lesions due to heat.

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