Efficacy of rhubarb

Rhubarb is a commonly used Chinese medicine, also known as general, Sichuan army and brocade. It is the root and rhizome of Polygonaceae perennial herb rhubarb, rhubarb Xixia or medicinal rhubarb. Rhubarb is cold and bitter. It can be divided into spleen meridian, stomach meridian, large intestine meridian, liver meridian and heart meridian, and has the effects of purging heat and fire, cooling blood and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Traditionally, rhubarb is often used to treat constipation due to excess heat, abdominal pain due to stagnation, diarrhea, damp-heat jaundice, vomiting due to blood heat, sore throat, carbuncle and furuncle, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, traumatic injury, fire and water burns, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, etc.

Shennong Herbal Classic says:

Rhubarb can treat blood stasis, blood stasis, cold and heat, break loose bowels, retain food, clear the stomach, bring forth the old and bring forth the new, dredge the valley, regulate Chinese food and soothe the five internal organs. ? Although rhubarb is famous for its attack and diarrhea, it is called? General? , but its practical use is very extensive. In the existing medical records of honest officials, the dosage of rhubarb ranks tenth among all drugs. When Emperor Puyi of Xuan Tong was 6 years old, he suffered from nausea, abdominal pain and fever in his palms due to loss of appetite. The doctor treated him with cooked rhubarb and other drugs and soon cured him. Empress Dowager Cixi, who is over 70 years old, suffered from heat accumulation in the liver and stomach and recovered after taking drugs such as rhubarb made from wine. In addition, many emperors in the Qing Dynasty often used rhubarb to make tea to prevent and treat diseases. This is because rhubarb has purgative effect and astringent and antidiarrheal effect. Although it can increase the frequency of defecation, it will not lead to dehydration, nor will it affect the function of gastrointestinal tract because of bitter cold. Moreover, if rhubarb is decocted for a long time, its purgative effect can be reduced.

From the results of modern pharmacological research, rhubarb has the functions of convergence, hemostasis, spasmolysis, cholagogic, antibacterial, antiviral, antiparasitic, antitumor and blood pressure lowering. According to these effects of rhubarb, people mainly use it to treat the following diseases in clinic:

Can be used for treating ascaris intestinal obstruction;

20g of rhubarb, 0g of pepper10g and 0g of sesame oil10g are taken. First, put pepper in sesame oil and heat it, then add rhubarb, then leave the fire, cool it and remove the residue, and take it twice. The patient begins to exhaust about 3 hours after taking the medicine, and then the abdominal pain will be relieved. Continuous administration can make ascaris excrete with feces.

Can be used for treating paralytic intestinal obstruction;

Take rhubarb, mirabilite 10g, magnolia bark, bitter orange 6g and borneol 3g. Grinding the above materials into fine powder, concocting it into paste with Huoxiang Zhengqi water, applying it to navel, covering it with gauze, fixing it with adhesive tape, and applying it with hot water bottle. Change the dressing once a day.

Can be used for treating toxic enteroparalysis in children.

Raw rhubarb is soaked in 50- 100 ml of boiling water, and the children are enema with the immersion liquid dried to about 37 degrees Celsius (keep 10-20 minutes), 2-3 times a day. The dosage of rhubarb can be determined according to the patient's age: children under 0 years old 5-10g; 1? For 3-year-old children10 ~15g; Children aged 3-6 years use15-20g; Children aged 6- 12 use 20-30g.

Can be used for treating intestinal carbuncle;

Take 30 grams of rhubarb, 30 grams of mirabilite, 20 grams of garlic, 50 grams of fresh Patrinia herb and 40 grams of fresh Herba Violae. Crushing all the medicines together and externally applying them to Macbeth's point (appendix), and changing the medicine once a day.

Can be used for treating flatulence;

50 grams of rhubarb is ground into fine powder, mixed with vinegar into paste, and externally applied to Yongquan point on both sides for 2 hours each time, 2-3 times a day if necessary. Patients usually have intestinal peristalsis and exhaust after one hour of application.

Can be used for treating carbuncle, swelling and furuncle;

Take rhubarb powder 15g (spina gleditsiae powder 10g can be added for local pus), mix with egg white and apply externally to the affected area, and change the dressing once a day.

Can be used for treating scald;

Take 30 grams of raw rhubarb powder, mix the yolk with rhubarb powder after refining, apply it to the affected area, and change the dressing once a day.

Can be used for treating vasculitis;

Take 60 grams of rhubarb, 60 grams of mirabilite, 30 grams of frankincense, 30 grams of myrrh, 20 grams of nidus vespae, 20 grams of speranskia tuberculata and 30 grams of Herba Violae. Grind the herbs into fine powder, mix with lard and apply it to the affected area once in the morning and once in the evening.

Can treat burns:

Soak rhubarb in 95% alcohol (according to the ratio of 1: 4), filter the immersion liquid after half a month, put it into a sterile sprayer and spray it on the burn wound 4-5 times a day.

At present, Japanese scholars have isolated more than 20 components of/kloc-0 from rhubarb. Australians have begun to treat obesity with rhubarb and Sanqi tablets; Belgians add rhubarb to coffee to lose weight; Germany, Switzerland and other countries also use rhubarb as an auxiliary material for candy and biscuits. The international symposium on rhubarb has been held twice. Therefore, we have reason to believe that with the further research and development of rhubarb, rhubarb is famous for its taste. General? It will be even more amazing.

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