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Offensive Purgatives

Offensive Purgatives: Chinese herbs in this class — their actions in TCM, typical uses, preparation and safety cautions.

How to Take Aloe vera: Tea, Decoction and Extract Forms Explained aloe vera, how to take, tea, preparation There is a gap between knowing that Aloe vera helps and knowing what to do with the dried root that arrives in the post.
What Aloe vera Does in TCM, and How to Use It Well aloe vera, tcm, traditional chinese medicine, lu hui Ask a TCM practitioner about Aloe vera and you usually get two answers at once.
Mu Lian Guo: Chinese Herb Guide Ford manglietia fruit, 木莲果 Mu Lian Guo (Ford manglietia fruit) Acrid, cool; lung and large intestine channels. Actions Relax the bowels, relieve cough
Mang Xiao: Chinese Herb Guide Natrii Sulfas, 芒硝, Mirabilitum Soften hardness with purgative, clear heat and relieve swelling. Salty, bitter, cold; stomach and large intestine meridians entered.
Mang Xiao (Mirabilitum) Mang Xiao,芒硝,朴硝,Po Xiao,樸硝,Mirabilitum,Mirabilite Mang Xiao (Mirabilitum): soften hardness with purgative, clear heat and relieve swelling.
Xuan Ming Fen: Chinese Herb Guide 玄明粉, Weathered Sodium Sulfate Xuan Ming Fen (Weathered Sodium Sulfate) Pungent, salty, cold; stomach, heart, lung and large intestine channels
Fan Xie Ye: Chinese Herb Guide Senna Leaf, 番泻叶, Folium Sennae Fan Xie Ye (Folium Sennae) — Yin Pian Xin Can (New Reference of Cut-Crude-Herb) The leaf of C. angustifolia Vahl or C
Lu Hui: Chinese Herb Guide 芦荟, Aloe Lu Hui (Aloe) — Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property) The concentrated juice exsiccation of Aloe barbadensis Miller. or A
Bi Ma Zi: Chinese Herb Guide Castor Bean, Semen Ricini Bi Ma Zi: resolve swelling and draw out poison, unblock stagnation with purgative.
Rhubarb (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, 大黄, Da Huang Da Huang: remove accumulation with purgative, clear heat and purge fire, cool blood and stop bleeding, remove toxicity, activate blood and dispel stasis.