Radix Pulsatillae Dahuricae

Name

Xing An Bai Tou Weng (Radix Pulsatillae Dahuricae)

Sources

The drug is the dried rhizome of Pulsatilla dahurica (Fisch.) Spreng (family Ranunculaceae), growing in hillside grasslands, and distributed in Heilongjiang and Jilin of China.

The Effect of Radix Pulsatillae Dahuricae

Property

Bitter, cool.

Actions

It is used to clear away heat in blood, remove toxicity.

Indications

Amebic dysentery, nose bleeding, haemorrhoid haemorrhage, a kind of malaria characterized by patient's running a fever followed by feeling cold.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 15~30 g. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or decocted for washing.