Daehwang
Rhubarb · Rhei Radix et Rhizoma
한글 대황 · Pinyin Da Huang
大黃
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Bitter · cold
- Channels entered
- Spleen, Stomach, Large Intestine, Liver, Heart
- Actions
- Purges accumulation and drains heat, cools the Blood, invigorates Blood and dispels stasis
- Typical dose
- 3–12 g (add late for stronger purgation)
- Caution
- Avoid in pregnancy, nursing, and weak patients; short courses only
Appears in 36 formulas 處方
- Major Bupleurum Decoction大柴胡湯 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Major Order the Qi Decoction大承氣湯 16 g · Chief 君
- Regulate the Stomach and Order the Qi Decoction調胃承氣湯 16 g · Chief 君
- Peach Kernel Order the Qi Decoction桃核承氣湯 12 g · Chief 君
- Eight Corrections Powder八正散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Capillaris Decoction茵蔯蒿湯 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Bupleurum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction柴胡加龍骨牡蠣湯 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Hemp Seed Pill麻子仁丸 8 g · Deputy 臣
- Minor Order the Qi Decoction小承氣湯 16 g · Chief 君
- Siler and Platycodon Sage-Penetrating Powder防風通聖散 1.8 g · Deputy 臣
- One Formula for Head Sores治頭瘡一方 1 g · Assistant 佐
- Formula B Decoction乙字湯 1 g · Assistant 佐
- Three Yellows Heart-Draining Decoction三黃瀉心湯 8 g · Chief 君
- Peony Decoction芍藥湯 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Rhubarb and Moutan Decoction大黃牡丹湯 12 g · Chief 君
- Normalize the Qi Powder順氣散 8 g · Deputy 臣
- Ginseng and Poria Powder人參茯苓散 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Rhubarb and Licorice Drink大黃甘草飮子 60 g · Chief 君
- Three Yellows Unripe Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Pill三黃枳朮丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Unripe Bitter Orange Abduct Stagnation Pill枳實導滯丸 40 g · Chief 君
- Crossing Peace Pill交泰丸 160 g · Chief 君
- Unripe Bitter Orange and Rhubarb Decoction枳實大黃湯 8 g · Chief 君
- Bupleurum Drink柴胡飮子 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Wash the Heart Powder洗心散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Saposhnikovia and Angelica Drink防風當歸飮子 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Augmented Golden Flower Pill加味金花丸 20 g · Deputy 臣
- Great Golden Flower Pill大金花丸 40 g · Chief 君
- Clear the Fire Decoction淸火湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Three Yellows Pill三黃元 40 g · Chief 君
- Cool the Diaphragm Powder凉膈散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Snatch-Back-Life Elixir奪命丹 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Free the Menses Pill通經丸 20 g · Deputy 臣
- Angelica Order-the-Qi Decoction當歸承氣湯 40 g · Chief 君
- Conduct the Menses Pill導經丸 80 g · Chief 君
- Four Compliances Clear and Cool Drink四順淸涼飮 5 g · Chief 君
- Clear the Heart Decoction淸心湯 2.8 g · Deputy 臣