Offensive Purgatives

NamingFan Xie Ye (Folium Sennae)——Yin Pian Xin Can (New Reference of Cut-Crude-Herb)The Processing of Folium SennaeOriginThe leaf of C. angustifolia Vahl or C. acutifolia Delile of family Pulse.LocationThe former mainly grows in Indian, while the latter is produced in Egypt. It is also planted and c

NamingLu Hui (Aloe)——Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property)The Processing of Lu HuiOriginThe concentrated juice exsiccation of Aloe barbadensis Miller. or A. ferox Miller of family Lily. The former is called Lao Lu Hui, while the latter is known as Xin Lu Hui.LocationMainly in Africa, also produce

NamingLu Hui (Aloe)——Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property)The Processing of 芦荟OriginThe concentrated juice exsiccation of Aloe barbadensis Miller. or A. ferox Miller of family Lily. The former is called Lao Lu Hui, while the latter is known as Xin Lu Hui.LocationMainly in Africa, also produced in

NamingLu Hui (Aloe)——Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property)The Processing of AloeOriginThe concentrated juice exsiccation of Aloe barbadensis Miller. or A. ferox Miller of family Lily. The former is called Lao Lu Hui, while the latter is known as Xin Lu Hui.LocationMainly in Africa, also produced

NameBi Ma Zi (Semen Ricini)The Effect of Bi Ma ZiPropertySweet, pungent, neutral, toxic; large intestine and lung meridians entered.ActionsResolve swelling and draw out poison, unblock stagnation with purgative.IndicationsSores and boils, scrofula, pharyngitis, constipation.Dosage and Administration

NameBi Ma Zi (Semen Ricini)The Effect of 蓖麻子PropertySweet, pungent, neutral, toxic; large intestine and lung meridians entered.ActionsResolve swelling and draw out poison, unblock stagnation with purgative.IndicationsSores and boils, scrofula, pharyngitis, constipation.Dosage and AdministrationsTake

NameBi Ma Zi (Semen Ricini)The Effect of Semen RiciniPropertySweet, pungent, neutral, toxic; large intestine and lung meridians entered.ActionsResolve swelling and draw out poison, unblock stagnation with purgative.IndicationsSores and boils, scrofula, pharyngitis, constipation.Dosage and Administra

NamingDa Huang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Da Huang OriginThe root or rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant Rheum palmatum L., or R. tanguticum Maxim. ex. Balf. or R. officinale Baill of family Rhubarb.LocationRheum Palmatum L. and R. tanguti

NamingDa Huang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 大黄OriginThe root or rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant Rheum palmatum L., or R. tanguticum Maxim. ex. Balf. or R. officinale Baill of family Rhubarb.LocationRheum Palmatum L. and R. tanguticum Mar

NamingDa Huang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Radix et Rhizoma RheiOriginThe root or rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant Rheum palmatum L., or R. tanguticum Maxim. ex. Balf. or R. officinale Baill of family Rhubarb.LocationRheum Palmatum L. an