Da Huang Usages and Indications

• Drains heat and purges accumulations - high fever, profuse sweating, thirst, constipation, abdominal distention and pain, delirium, yellow tongue coating, full pulse which indicates intestinal heat excess or yang ming stage illness.
• Drains heat from the blood - blood in the stool from bleeding hemorrhoids or heat in the intestine; vomting blood or nosebleed accompanied by constipation; painful eyes or fire toxin sores due to heat in the blood level.
• Drains damp-heat via the stool - jaundice, dysentery, lin syndrome.
• Invigorates the blood and dispels blood stasis - amenorrhea, abdominal masses, fixed pain due to blood stasis (recent and long-term blood stasis).
• Clears heat and reduces fire toxicity - for burns, hot skin.

Cautions and Contraindications

• Avoid During Pregnancy and During Nursing
• Avoid in exterior disorders and deficiency of qi and/or blood
All Cautions

Dosage and Preparation Notes For Da Huang

• Dosage: 3-12g
• Raw has a more purging effect
• Wine/Vinegar mix has a more blood invigorating effect
• Charred will treat bleeding disorders

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Our database contains 17 TCM Formulas where Da Huang is generally used

B

• Ba Wei Dai Xia Fang -Eight Herb Powder for Vaginal Discharge (Clear Heat)
• Ba Zheng Wan -Eight Herb Powder for Rectification (Expel Dampness)

C

• Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Wan -Bupleurum, Dragon Bone, and Oyster Shell Formula (Calm The Spirit)
• Chu Kou Wei Wan -Chu Kou Wei Wan (Clear Heat)

D

• Da Huang Mu Dan Pi Wan -Rhubarb and Moutan Combination (Drain Downward)

H

• Huang Lian Shang Qing Wan -Coptis Clearance Pill (Clear Heat)
• Hui Chun Wan -Recovery Special Pill (Open the Orifices)

J

• Jiang Tang Wan -Lower Blood Sugar Pill (Tonify)

L

• Li Dan Wan -Benefit The Gallbladder Pills (Expel Dampness)

M

• Ma Zi Ren Wan -Hemp Seed Formula (Drain Downward)

N

• Nei Xiao Luo Li Wan -Internally Reducing Cervical Lymphadenitis Pills (Treat Phlegm)

Q

• Qing Bi Wan -Clear The Nose Decoction (Release the Exterior)

R

• Run Chang Wan -Lubricate the Intestines Pills (Drain Downward)

T

• Tong Bian Wan -Constipation Pills (Treat Dryness)

X

• Xie Xin Wan -Drain the Epigastrium Formula (Clear Heat)

Y

• Yi Zi Wan -Decoction B (Clear Heat)
• Yin Chen Hao Wan -Artemisiae Scopariae Decoction (Clear Heat)

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