What are the effects and functions of raw rhubarb

Raw rhubarb is a very common Chinese medicine, and it is now commonly found in many medicines. Nowadays, people pay more and more attention to health. Many people hope to learn about traditional Chinese medicine so that they can use medicine correctly when they are sick. Raw rhubarb has a wide range of applications in treating diseases. So what are the effects and functions of raw rhubarb?

1. Huang is a very common Chinese medicinal material. The effects and functions of rhubarb are very prominent. Rhubarb has strong anti-infection, anti-aging and antioxidant effects, can regulate immunity, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, anti-pathogenic microorganisms, lower blood lipids, stop bleeding, resist gastric and duodenal ulcers, promote pancreatic juice secretion, inhibit pancreatic enzyme activity, and has choleretic, liver-protecting and laxative effects.

2. Huang has anti-infection effect and has inhibitory effect on a variety of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, among which Staphylococcus and Streptococcus are the most sensitive, followed by diphtheria bacteria, typhoid and paratyphoid bacteria, pneumococcus, Shigella dysenteriae, etc.

3. Huang can increase intestinal peristalsis, inhibit intestinal water absorption, and promote defecation;

4. It has the effects of stopping bleeding, protecting the liver, lowering blood pressure, and lowering serum cholesterol.

5. Rhubarb can relieve heat, clear the intestines, remove blood stasis and promote menstruation, cool blood and detoxify. It is used for amenorrhea due to blood stasis, traumatic injuries, jaundice due to damp heat, vomiting and epistaxis due to blood heat, constipation due to excess heat, abdominal pain due to accumulation of energy, abdominal pain due to intestinal abscesses, diarrhea, red eyes, swollen throat, carbuncles and furuncles, external treatment of burns caused by water or fire; and upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Rhubarb charcoal cools blood, removes blood stasis and stops bleeding. Used for patients with blood heat and blood stasis.

Depending on the physical condition, the consequences of using raw rhubarb are also very different. Some patients with weak bodies and poor gastrointestinal health should not use this medicine. Long-term consumption of raw rhubarb can also cause certain harm to the body, so this medicine should not be used blindly to treat diseases.