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Brief introduction of rhubarb brocade in ancient books

Rhubarb Rhubarb is the name of traditional Chinese medicine, which comes from Shennong Herbal Classic. It is the dried roots and rhizomes of Rheum palmatum and Rheum tanguticum. Balf is not included. Polygonaceae or rhubarb plants. Medicinal rhubarb Rhubarb is cylindrical, conical, elliptical or irregular, with a length of 3 ~17cm and a diameter of 3 ~10cm. In addition to the skin, the surface is yellowish brown to reddish brown, and some white reticular textures and scattered (heterogeneous vascular bundles) can be seen. The rest of the skin is brown with many rope holes and thick wrinkles. Solid, part of the center is slightly soft, and the cross section is reddish brown or yellowish brown, which is granular; The rhizome pith is broad, with star rings or scattered stars; The root wood is developed, with radial texture, obvious cambium ring and no stars. The smell is fragrant, the taste is bitter and slightly astringent, and the teeth are sticky and sandy. Large yellow tablets are irregular thick or blocky, with yellowish-brown surface, texture in the center and slight vermilion spots. They are usually called "brocade patterns", which are light in weight, fragrant in smell and bitter and slightly astringent in taste. The surface of wine rhubarb is dark brown or brown, with occasional focal spots, and the broken surface is light brown, solid and slightly fragrant. The surface of wine-cooked rhubarb is dark brown, firm, fragrant and slightly bitter. The surface of rhubarb charcoal is burnt black, and the cross section is burnt brown. It is light and crisp, with burnt fragrance and slightly bitter taste. The surface of vinegar rhubarb is dark brown or brown, and the cross section is light brown, with a slight vinegar smell. Qingning tablets are round and thick with a dark surface. It is fragrant and slightly bitter.

Rhubarb tastes bitter and cold. Spleen, stomach, large intestine, liver and pericardium meridian. Rhubarb has the effects of purging stagnation, clearing away heat and purging fire, cooling blood and detoxicating, removing blood stasis and dredging menstruation, and inducing diuresis to relieve jaundice. Can be used for treating constipation due to excess heat, vomiting due to blood heat, swelling and pain in the eyes, carbuncle, abscess, abdominal pain, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, postpartum stasis, traumatic injury, damp-heat dysentery, jaundice, hematuria, stranguria and edema. External treatment of burns and scalds. Wine, rhubarb, heat and detoxification, upper energizer and blood. Used for red eyes, swollen throat and swollen gums. Cooked rhubarb has the functions of relieving diarrhea, purging fire and detoxifying. It is used to treat fire sores. Rhubarb charcoal cools blood, removes blood stasis and stops bleeding. It can be used for treating blood stasis. Qingning tablet has the function of stopping diarrhea without hurting qi and removing blood stasis without losing righteousness.

Pharmacopoeia of People's Republic of China (PRC) (20 10 edition) records the pharmacopoeia standard of this Chinese medicine.

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