土大黄

Name

Yang Ti (Japanese Dock Root)

The Effect of 土大黄

Property

Bitter, cold, slightly toxic, liver, heart and large intestine meridians entered.

Actions

Clear heat and relax the bowels, promote diuresis, stop bleeding and kill parasites.

Indications

Tinea, scabies, traumatic injury, jaundice, sores, hematemesis, favus of the scalp, all kind of haemorrhage, hepatitis, functional uterine bleeding, constipation, colitis, stranguria with turbid discharge.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 9~15 g, or pounded into juice or made paste. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded into juice for applying or decocted for washing.

Cations

It is contraindicated for diarrhea with eating less food and deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach.