Da Huang 大黃 50 Gram

Chinese Herb Actions

Drains Heat and Purges Excess

For Yang Ming organ stage or intestinal heat excess with very high fever, constipation and abdominal fullness.

Reduces Damp-Heat

For draining Damp-Heat thru the stool in cases of Damp-Heat jaundice or acute dysentery.

Reduces Blood Level Heat

For Bloody stool from hemorrhoids or heat in the intestines. Also for epistaxis or hematemesis from reckless movement of hot Blood.

Invigorates the Blood and Removes Stagnation

For dysmenorrhea or amenorrhea, fixed abdominal masses, tumors, or pain from Blood stagnation. Also for Blood stagnation in the intestines and intestinal abscesses.

Clears Blood Level Heat

For fever, swollen eyes, or Fire Toxins both internally and externally in the Blood or on the skin, such as burns and skin lesions.

Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions

Do not use during menstruation, pregnancy, post-partum or during lactation.

Also contraindicated in exterior syndromes, cold from deficiency of the spleen and stomach, or in cases of qi and blood deficiency

【效用特點】

大黃是治療積滯便秘之要藥，能蕩滌腸胃，推陳致新。對於患有大便困難，乾結難下， 口乾口臭， 甚至腹部脹滿疼痛等症狀的患者， 大黃有清熱瀉火、瀉下通便的功效。

大黃的常規用法是加水煎煮， 用量是5~10克，治療便秘時應後下，不宜煎的時間太長，或用開水泡服。另外，脾胃虛弱、婦女懷孕、經期及哺乳期忌用，「是藥三分毒」，久服大黃可引發肝硬化、電解質紊亂等併發症，因而，在此規功那些長期靠大黃治便秘的患者， 要慎用。