Sichuan Rhubarb Rheum palmatum L. / Rheum officinale Baill.
Attacking purgative medicinesCold
Source-based · educational reference
Traditional recorded function
Purge and attack accumulations; Clear heat and purge fire; Stop bleeding; Detoxify; Activate blood and dispel stasis; Clear and purge Damp-heat
1. Accumulation and stagnation in the stomach and intestines, and constipation. 2. Bleeding patterns due to blood heat causing reckless movement of blood. 3. Heat-toxin sores and ulcers, erysipelas, and burns and scalds. 4. Various blood stasis patterns. 5. Jaundice and strangury patterns.
Nature & taste
BitterCold
Meridians entered
HeartLarge Int.StomachSpleenLiver
Botanical source
Accepted nameRheum palmatum L.
FamilyPolygonaceae
Herbal properties
ColdReducingDescendingAstringentDrying
Found in these formulas
Aconite Heart-Draining DecoctionAconite Heart-Draining DecoctionArtemisia Capillaris DecoctionAucklandia and Areca PillBazheng SanBiejia Jian Wan (Turtle Shell Decoction Pill)Blood Stasis-Expelling DecoctionBupleurum Decoction Plus Dragon Bone and Oyster ShellChaihu Jia Longgu Muli Tang (Bupleurum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction)Cinnamon Twig Decoction Plus RhubarbCinnamon Twig Decoction plus RhubarbCoptis Pill for Clearing Upper HeatDecoction for Regulating the Stomach and Conducting QiDecoction for Removing Blood StasisDecoction to Clear the Heart and Unblock the DiaphragmDiaphragm-Cooling PowderDidang DecoctionDidang TangDidang WanDitan Qingnao Tang (Phlegm-Clearing and Brain-Clearing Decoction)Eight-Ingredient Hernia FormulaEight-Ingredient Leukorrhea FormulaFire-Disinhibiting DecoctionGardenia and Rhubarb DecoctionGardenia and Rhubarb DecoctionGoddess PowderGongdu Chengqi Tang (Detoxifying Chengqi Decoction)Hemp Seed PillIntestine-Moistening DecoctionInvigorate Blood and Dissipate Stasis DecoctionJijiao Lihuang Wan (Stephania, Zanthoxylum Seed, Descurainia Seed, and Rhubarb Pill)Kagawa Detoxifying AgentKudzu and Safflower DecoctionMagnolia Bark Seven-Ingredient DecoctionMagnolia Bark Seven-Ingredient DecoctionMagnolia Bark Three-Ingredient DecoctionMagnolia Bark and Rhubarb DecoctionMajor Bupleurum DecoctionMajor Bupleurum DecoctionMajor Purgative DecoctionMajor Purgative DecoctionMajor Xianxiong DecoctionMajor Xianxiong DecoctionMajor Xianxiong PillMaziren Wan (Hemp Seed Pill)Minor Purgative DecoctionMinor Purgative DecoctionNine-Ingredient Areca DecoctionPeach Kernel Chengqi DecoctionPeach Kernel Decoction to Order the Qi