Our database contains 11 TCM Herbs in the Herbs That Drain Downward functional grouping

• Purgatives - constipation from interior-heat or interior-cold (both are interior excesses).
• Moist laxatives - often nuts or seeds, lubricates the intestines; mild in nature - elderly or weakness from febrile disease or from child birth.
• Harsh expellants - induce diarrhea; only for severe cases - injures the yin and qi; due to stagnation of fluids in thoracic or abdominal cavities or poor water metabolism.

B

• Ba Dou (Croton Seed)

D

• Da Huang (Rhubarb)

F

• Fan Xie Ye (Senna)

G

• Gan Sui (Kan Sui Root)

H

• Huo Ma Ren (Hemp Seeds)

L

• Lu Hui (Dried Aloe Leaf Juice)

M

• Mang Xiao (Glauber's Salt)

Q

• Qian Niu Zi (Morning Glory Seed)

S

• Shang Lu (Poke Root)

Y

• Yu Li Ren (Bush Cherry Pit)
• Yuan Hua (Genkwa Flower)