Blood-Cooling Hemostatics
Yang Ti (Radix Rumicis Japonici)
Name
Yang Ti (Japanese Dock Root)
The Effect of Japanese Dock Root
Property
Bitter, cold, slightly toxic, liver, heart and large intestine meridians entered.
Actions
Clear heat and relax the bowels, promote diuresis, stop bleeding and kill parasites.
Indications
Tinea, scabies, traumatic injury, jaundice, sores, hematemesis, favus of the scalp, all kind of hemorrhage, hepatitis, functional uterine bleeding, constipation, colitis, stranguria with turbid discharge.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 9~15 g, or pounded into juice or made paste. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded into juice for applying or decocted for washing.
Cations
It is contraindicated for diarrhea with eating less food and deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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