| Pharmaceutical Name: |
Radix Pulsatillae |
| Botanical Name: |
Pulsatilla chinensis (Bge.) Regel |
| Common Name: |
Pulsatilla root
Anemone |
| Source of Earliest Record: |
Shennong Bencao Jing |
| Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: |
The roots are dug in spring or late autumn, cleaned and dried in the sun. |
| Properties and Taste: |
Bitter and cold |
| Meridian: |
Large intestine |
| Functions: |
To clear heat and release toxins
To cool the blood and stop dysentery |
| Indications and Combinations: |
Dysentery, manifested as fever, abdominal pain, bloody and pus-like stool and tenesmus.
*Use with Phellodendron bark (Huangbai) and Coptis root (Huanglian) in the formula such as Baitouweng Tang. |
| Dosage: |
6-15 g |
