Shui Hong Huang Zi水红花子
Fructus Polygoni OrientalisPrince's-Feather Fruit
- Catégorie
- Herbs that Break up Blood Stasis
- Nature
- frais, froid
- Saveur
- salé, amer
- Tropisme
- Foie, Rate
- Posologie
- 3–10 g
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Actions & indications
- Dissipates Blood Stasis and breaks up Stagnation, tonifies the Spleen and promotes diuresis
- Scrofula, sores and boils, stomachache, abdominal masses, abdominal distension, poor appetite, ascites, acute conjunctivitis
Contre-indications
Not to be used in cases of Deficiency Cold in the Spleen and Stomach.
Notes
- This herb may be prepared as a powder, formed into a paste, or steeped in wine.
- Research has shown that this herb inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
- It is reputed to resolve abdominal masses in children, along with other chronic masses and uterine masses.
- Hb. Polygoni Orientalis, Hong Cao, is said to quench thirst, reduce fever, sharpen vision, and promote the movement of Qi.
- For abdominal masses, simmer one bowl of the herb's fruit or flower down into a paste and apply it directly to the mass, or combine it with wine for oral use; greasy foods are forbidden while taking this herb.