Botanical Index No. 867

Rhubarb, Da Huang

rheum palmatum

Medicinal Actions

Analgesic, Antiaggregant, Antialzheimeran, Antiangiogenic, Antibacterial, Anticancer, Antiarthritic, Antidiarrheal, Antiinflammatory, Antileukemic, Antimutagenic, Antiprostaglandin, Antipyretic, Antisarcomic, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Antithromboxane, Antitoxic, Antitumor, Antiuremic, Antiviral, Astringent, Cholagogue, Choleretic, Cholinergic, Cytotoxic, Depurative, Estrogenic, Fungicide, Hydragogue, Hypocholesterolemic, Hypotensive, Laxative, Mutagenic, Parasiticide, Peristaltic, Stomachic, Tonic, Trichomonicide, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Aperient Aperitif Bitter Hemostat Vulnerary Aggressiveness Alcoholism Alzheimer’s Amenorrhea Anorexia Appendicitis Arthrosis Asthma Bacteria Bleeding Burn Cancer bladder breast cervix kidney larynx liver spleen stomach uterus Carbuncle Catarrh Cholecystosis Cholera Cirrhosis Cold Conjunctivosis Constipation Cough Cramp Delirium Dermatosis Diarrhea Dropsy Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Dysuria Eclampsia Edema Endometriosis Enterosis Epistaxis Fever Flu Fungus Gallstone Gas Gastrosis Gastrorrhagia Gingivosis Glossosis Gout Headache Hematemesis Hemophilia Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Herpes High Blood Pressure High Cholesterol High Triglycerides Hyperlipidemia Hypotension Infection Inflammation Irritability Jaundice Leukemia Malaria Mycosis Nephrosis Neurasthenia Obesity Odontosis Pain Pancreatosis Parasite Pregnancy Rheumatism Shingles Sore Splenosis Staphylococcus Stomachache Stomatosis Stone Streptococcus Swelling Tenesmus Toothache Trichomonas Tumor Ulcer Uremia Vaginosis Virus Water Retention Worm Wound

General Dosage

0.5–1.5 g dry plant; 0.2–1.0 g root; 0.1–4 g root; 0.12–4.8 g root; 1–5 g root; 3–12 g root; 3–12 g root/day; 0.1–0.3 g root as stomachic, 1–2 g as laxative; 1–2 g root as laxative, 0.1–0.2 g as astringent and stomachic; 1–6 g powdered root; 0.1–0.2 g powdered root/cup 1–2 ×/day; 0.1–1 tsp powdered root/cup water 1–2 ×/day; 1–6 g dry root/day or 2–12 ml fluid extract; 120–500 mg dry root extract; up to 15 ml root tincture; up to 15 ml tincture/day; 20–30 mg hydroxyanthracene derivatives/day calculated as rhein; 10–30 mg hydroxyanthracene derivatives at bedtime.

Safety & Contraindications

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects — Class 2b, 2c, 2d. Beware of anthraquinones, oxalates, and tannins. Commission E reports for bark, contraindications,

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