ACUPUNTURA Y MASAJE TERAPÉUTICO

Da Huang - Rhubarb (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei)

Properties: Cold, Bitter. Channels: Heart, Large Intestine, Liver, Stomach

Action and indication: Constipation due to GI heat bind/ Yangming Organ Pattern.  (Da Cheng Qi Tang)        

Blood stasis: amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain/lochia, abdominal masses, abcesses, trauma.   (Tao He Cheng Qi Tang)

Damp-heat dysentery, jaundice, dysuria. (Xie Xin Tang)

Burns, skin lesions: use topically.

Contraindicated: External pattern, Qi/ bl deficiency, breastfeeding.  Caution: pregnancy, menstruation.

Raw: constipation. Wine-fry: move blood. Char: hemorrhage.

Overboiling weakens purgation function.

Dose: 3-12 g.