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 144 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
- Pubescent Angelica Decoction (Lumbus chapter)獨活湯 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Rhubarb Left Channel Decoction大黃左經湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Augmented Vanquish Toxin Powder (Foot chapter)加味敗毒散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Notopterygium Conduct Stagnation Decoction羌活導滯湯 9.6 g · Chief 君
- Search Out Wind Pill搜風丸 20 g · Deputy 臣
- Bitter Orange and Rhubarb Decoction枳實大黃湯 12 g · Chief 君
- Three Generals Pill三將軍元 40 g · Chief 君
- Clear Fire and Sweep Phlegm Pill淸火豁痰丸 100 g · Chief 君
- Bamboo Sap Reach the Phlegm Pill竹瀝達痰丸 80 g · Assistant 佐
- Minor Stomach Elixir小胃丹 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Roll the Phlegm Pill滾痰丸 320 g · Chief 君
- Costus Harmonize the Centre Pill木香和中丸 48 g · Deputy 臣
- Disperse the Lump Pill消塊丸 160 g · Chief 君
- Transform Glomus Elixir化痞丹 160 g · Chief 君
- Peach Kernel Decoct桃仁煎 40 g · Chief 君
- Vinegar-Boiled Sparganium Pill醋煮三稜丸 20 g · Assistant 佐
- Sparganium Decoct Pill (Uigam)三稜煎元 320 g · Chief 君
- Sparganium Transform Accumulation Pill三稜化積丸 120 g · Deputy 臣
- Myriad Responses Pill萬應丸 10 g · Deputy 臣
- Prolong Years and Guard Life Elixir延年護命丹 400 g · Chief 君
- Peach Stream Qi Treasure Pill桃溪氣寶丸 60 g · Chief 君
- Three Sages Plaster (Immun)三聖膏 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Amber Plaster琥珀膏 40 g · Chief 君
- Five Immortals Plaster五仙膏 320 g · Chief 君
- Glomus Plaster貼痞膏 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Costus and Bitter Orange Pill木香枳殼丸 80 g · Chief 君
- Cinnamon and Poria Decoction桂苓湯 1 g · Assistant 佐
- Chicken Droppings Ale Powder雞矢醴散 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Stephania, Zanthoxylum Seed and Lepidium Pill防己椒藶丸 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Seven Substances Magnolia Bark Decoction七物厚朴湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Bitter Orange Cut Powder枳殼剉散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Aloeswood Communicate with Peace Pill沈香交泰丸 40 g · Chief 君
- Spirit Paste for External Application外敷神膏 160 g · Chief 君
- Coptis Powder黃連散 40 g · Chief 君
- Tao's Virgate Wormwood Decoction陶氏茵蔯湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Gardenia and Rhubarb Decoction梔子大黃湯 8 g · Chief 君
- Virgate Wormwood and Gardenia Decoction茵蔯梔子湯 8 g · Deputy 臣
- Virgate Wormwood Decoction茵蔯湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Ox Bezoar Loose Powder牛黃散子 3.2 g · Deputy 臣
- Miasma Jaundice Pill瘴疸丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Jisheng Virgate Wormwood Decoction濟生茵蔯湯 8 g · Deputy 臣
- Sophora Powder苦參散 10 g · Assistant 佐
- Gypsum and Virgate Wormwood Powder石膏茵蔯散 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Virgate Wormwood and Rhubarb Decoction茵蔯大黃湯 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Free the Menses Decoction通經湯 2.8 g · Deputy 臣
- Jade Candle Powder玉燭散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Blood Extreme Paste血極膏 0 g · Chief 君
- Limitless Pill無極丸 160 g · Chief 君
- Qianjin Peach Kernel Decoct千金桃仁煎 80 g · Deputy 臣
- Penetrate the Diaphragm Decoction透膈湯 3.2 g · Assistant 佐
- Complete Truth Pill全眞丸 80 g · Deputy 臣
- Conduct Water Pill導水丸 80 g · Deputy 臣
- Spirit Ligusticum Conduct Water Pill神芎導水丸 80 g · Deputy 臣
- Boat and Cart Pill舟車丸 80 g · Deputy 臣
- Boat and Cart Spirit Protection Pill舟車神祐丸 80 g · Deputy 臣
- Three Flowers Spirit Protection Pill三花神祐丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Great Sage Dredge the River Powder大聖濬川散 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Four Engenderings Pill四生丸 80 g · Deputy 臣
- Resolve Toxin Pill解毒丸 20 g · Chief 君
- Costus Normalize the Qi Pill木香順氣丸 120 g · Chief 君
- Three Yellows Resolve Toxin Pill三黃解毒丸 80 g · Deputy 臣
- Open the Bind Bitter Orange Fruit Pill開結枳實丸 20 g · Deputy 臣
- Free the Diaphragm Pill通膈丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Diffuse Toxin Pill宣毒丸 80 g · Deputy 臣
- Fresh Rehmannia Decoction生地黃湯 40 g · Chief 君
- Pueraria and Coptis Pill葛黃丸 0 g · Envoy 使
- Ten Ashes Powder十灰散 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Drain the Green Pill瀉靑丸 40 g · Chief 君
- Wash the Liver Powder洗肝散 4 g · Chief 君
- Angelica, Gentian and Aloe Pill當歸龍薈丸 20 g · Deputy 臣
- Ginseng Drain the Lung Decoction人參瀉肺湯 2.8 g · Deputy 臣
- Expel the Three Corpse-Worms Pill去三尸蟲元 120 g · Deputy 臣
- Expel the Three Corpse-Worms Pill, Second Formula去三尸蟲元 又方 240 g · Deputy 臣
- Chase the Worms and Take Out the Accumulation Powder追蟲取積散 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Costus and Sparganium Powder木香三稜散 12 g · Deputy 臣
- Bring Down the Worms Powder下蟲散 2 g · Deputy 臣
- Wondrous Response Pill妙應丸 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Seven Turnings Numinous Response Elixir七轉靈應丹 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Chase the Worms Pill追蟲丸 12 g · Deputy 臣
- Five Immortals Pill五仙丸 160 g · Chief 君
- Great Unity Bright Moon Elixir太乙明月丹 20 g · Deputy 臣
- Placenta Pill紫河車丸 10 g · Deputy 臣
- Sound the Voice and Break the Flute Pill響聲破笛丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Guide Out the Red Pill導赤元 60 g · Chief 君
- Drain the Kidney Decoction瀉腎湯 8 g · Chief 君
- Curcuma and Coptis Pill鬱金黃連丸 80 g · Chief 君
- Lygodium Spore Powder for Strangury海金沙散 20 g · Chief 君
- Minor Gentian and Aloe Pill小龍薈丸 20 g · Deputy 臣
- Disperse Stasis Drink消瘀飮 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Free the Qi Pill利氣丸 80 g · Chief 君
- Cimicifuga Decoction for Lung Wind升麻湯 2 g · Deputy 臣
- Immediate Effect Powder for Blown Breast立效散 20 g · Deputy 臣
- Modified Gentian and Aloe Pill加減龍薈丸 20 g · Deputy 臣
- Cimicifuga Powder for Mouth Sores升麻散 2 g · Deputy 臣
- Drain the Stomach Decoction for Cracked Lips瀉胃湯 10 g · Chief 君
- Scrophularia Powder玄參散 20 g · Deputy 臣
- Schizonepeta and Rhubarb Decoction荊黃湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Clear the Throat and Free the Diaphragm Powder淸咽利膈散 2.8 g · Deputy 臣
- Rhubarb Powder for Dizziness大黃散 8 g · Chief 君
- Saposhnikovia Powder for Heat Reversal防風散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Expel Stasis Decoction逐瘀湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Gentiana and Atractylodes Decoction秦艽蒼朮湯 0.8 g · Deputy 臣
- Peony and Coptis Decoction芍藥黃連湯 2 g · Deputy 臣
- Cut Off the Red Pill斷紅元 12 g · Deputy 臣
- Seven Sages Pill七聖丸 32 g · Chief 君
- Gentiana Macrophylla and Angelica Decoction秦艽當歸湯 16 g · Chief 君
- Angelica and Bush-Cherry Seed Decoction當歸郁李仁湯 1.2 g · Deputy 臣
- The Pile Medicine Paste痔藥膏子 8 g · Chief 君