Rhubarb has the effects of clearing heat and fire, diarrhea, cooling blood and detoxification, expelling blood stasis and clearing the channels (removing blood stasis and clearing the channels), etc. It can be used to treat constipation caused by solid heat, congestion of heat and toxins, jaundice, blood stasis and other conditions.
1. Constipation: rhubarb has strong diaphoretic power and can be used to treat solid heat-induced constipation, difficult defecation, abdominal pain and other conditions.
2. Heat and toxin congestion: rhubarb has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying toxins, and is good at clearing heat and toxins in the blood of the epiglottis (in the four phases of the warm disease, it is the most in-depth stage or location of the disease), and can be used to treat conditions such as sore throat and red eyes caused by heat and toxin congestion.
3. Jaundice: rhubarb is strong in diarrhea and can dispel dampness-heat. Patients with symptoms such as yellowing of the skin, yellowing of urine and dryness of stools caused by dampness-heat can take this medicine for treatment.
4. Blood stasis: rhubarb also has the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and can be used to treat blood stasis syndrome.
Rhubarb can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, loose stools and other adverse reactions, people with cold spleen and stomach need to use rhubarb with caution.
Rhubarb should be used under the guidance of a medical professional, and should be used raw for laxative purposes, made in wine for activating blood circulation, and fried in charcoal for bleeding.