Rhubarb belongs to the category of attacking medicines, and does not have the effect of weight loss itself. It can alleviate the symptoms of heat constipation by clearing heat and laxing the bowels (using medicines with laxative effect to pass stools), and temporarily reduce body weight. Note that rhubarb is bitter and cold in nature, and should not be taken for a long time for fear of injuring yang qi.
Bitter and cold in nature, rhubarb belongs to the spleen, stomach, large intestine, liver and pericardium meridians, and has the effects of diarrhea (removing heat evils and dredging the bowels), cooling the blood and detoxifying the toxin (referring to the treatment of blood-heat and toxicity), and expelling blood stasis and clearing the menstruation (removing blood stasis and clearing the menstruation).
It is often used in the treatment of solid-heat constipation, abdominal pain and distension, irregular bowel movements, jaundice, redness and swelling of the eyes, sore throat, dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea in women. No solid heat, stagnation, stasis, deficiency and prenatal and postpartum should be taken with caution.
Obesity is often associated with congenital deficiencies, diet, work and rest, emotional disorders and other factors, Chinese medicine believes that the mechanism of obesity, more than yang deficiency, phlegm and dampness in the prevalence of spleen deficiency transport and transformation of powerlessness, loss of fluids, into cream and water and moisture stagnation in the body and obesity; yang deficiency is the drums of powerlessness, qi and blood can not be, water and dampness within the water (water and dampness stays in the body) and become obese.
Treatment should strengthen the spleen and dampness (strengthen the spleen, remove dampness), in addition to phlegm and water, warming Yang and dampness (by warming Yang to dissolve dampness), light seepage of dampness and other methods.
Although rhubarb has the function of laxative and laxative to expel blood stasis, it can be seen in a short period of time or weight loss, but it is not a cure for the root cause of the problem. If applied for a long time, its bitter and cold nature of the fear of injury to the yang even more, further aggravate the phlegm and dampness within the stop evidence. Excessive obesity affects the health of the body, it is recommended to adjust the dietary habits, lifestyle, and if there is no significant improvement can seek professional medical help.