The efficacy of rhubarb porridge

Rhubarb porridge has many benefits. I will briefly introduce a few of them below. I hope you like them.

Rhubarb Porridge

The effect of rhubarb porridge

What are the functions and effects of rhubarb? The functions and effects of rhubarb: attacking stagnation; clearing damp-heat; purging fire; cooling blood; removing blood stasis; detoxifying. Rhubarb is mainly used to treat: constipation due to excess heat; chest fullness due to heat; diarrhea due to damp heat; jaundice; gonorrhea; edema and abdominal distension; dysuria; red eyes; sore throat; mouth and tongue ulcers; vomiting due to stomach heat; vomiting blood; hemoptysis; epistaxis; blood in the stool; hematuria; blood retention; amenorrhea; abdominal pain due to postpartum stagnation; accumulation of masses; injuries due to falls; carbuncle due to heat and toxins; erysipelas; burns.

Rhubarb's efficacy and effects and folk remedies for treating diseases:

Take the above four ingredients, add one dou of water, boil two ingredients first, take out two liters, remove the dregs, add rhubarb, boil again, take out two liters, remove the dregs, add Glauber's salt, bring to a low heat for one or two more boils, divide into portions and take warm, if you can get it down, do not take the rest. (Dachengqi Decoction in Treatise on Febrile Diseases)

Treat fever, delirium and all kinds of rhubarb: 5 liang of Sichuan rhubarb (crushed and lightly fried). Grind it into powder, add 5 liters of snow water from the twelfth lunar month, boil it into a paste, take it at any time, and mix half a spoon with cold water. (Snow Decoction Recipe from Shenghui Fang) Treat long-term abdominal accumulation, constipation, gas rushing to the heart, abdominal distension, and adverse diet: 2 liang each of rhubarb and peony. Grind the above two ingredients into powder, make honey pills, take four pills of sycamore seeds, three times a day, if you don't feel any symptoms, you can increase to six or seven pills, and stop when you feel any symptoms. (Shenmingduming Pills from Qianjin Fang)

The effect of rhubarb porridge

For headache and high fever for one or two days: 2 liang each of cinnamon, licorice, and rhubarb, 4 liang of ephedra. The above four ingredients are used to treat the lower part. The patient takes a bath with a hot soup, and then takes a square inch of it with warm water, three times a day, and covers to sweat, or it may be cured by bowel movements. Strong people take two square inches of it. (Dissolved in water in Qianjin Fang)

For treating sudden heat and pain in the eyes, and swelling at the canthus: 3 liang each of rhubarb (filed and fried), fructus aurantii (remove the pulp and stir-fry with bran), and peony root, 2 liang each of gardenia fruit kernel and scutellaria baicalensis (remove the black core).

Coarsely pound and sieve the above five ingredients, take 5 qian of it each time, add 1.5 cups of water, boil until 70% done, remove the residue, and take it after meals before going to bed. (Da Huang Tang from Shengji Zonglu)

Treats deficiency of heart qi, vomiting blood and nosebleeds: 2 liang of rhubarb, 1 liang each of coptis root and scutellaria root. Add the above three ingredients to 3 liters of water, boil until 1 liter is left, and drink it all at once. (Xiexin Decoction in "Golden Chamber")

Treat asthenia and vomiting blood: 1/2 liter of raw Rehmannia juice, 1 inch spoon of Sichuan Rhubarb powder. Boil the above two ingredients, add the Rhubarb powder, stir, take on an empty stomach, three times a day, the disease will heal. (Qianjin Fang)

Treats intestinal carbuncle, swelling and distension in the lower abdomen, pain like stranguria when pressed, spontaneous urination, fever from time to time, spontaneous sweating, and aversion to cold. If the pulse is slow and tight, pus has not yet formed, it can be treated with purgatives, and there will be blood; if the pulse is strong and rapid, pus has already formed, it cannot be treated with purgatives: 4 liang of rhubarb, 1 liang of peony, 5 peach kernels, half a liter of melon seeds, and 3 he of sodium sulfate. Take the above five ingredients, add 6 liters of water, boil to 1 liter, remove the dregs, add sodium sulfate, boil again, and take it all at once. If there is pus, it will be discharged immediately, and if there is no pus, it will be discharged immediately with blood. (Dahuang Mudan Decoction in "Jingui Yaolue")

Treat oral ulcers and erosions: Take equal parts of rhubarb and alum. Grind them into powder and rub them on the affected area, causing spitting out saliva. (Sheng Hui Fang)

Red and swollen all over the body: grind rhubarb into water and brush the area frequently. (Jiuji Fang)

Treat frostbite, broken skin, unbearable pain: grind Sichuan rhubarb into powder, mix with fresh water, and apply to the frostbite. (Rushen Powder in "Health Treasure Mirror")

Treat wounds from falls, blood stasis, or hot flashes: Mix rhubarb powder and ginger juice and apply. Apply overnight, the black part turns purple, and after two nights, the purple part turns white. (Binghu Collection of Simple Prescriptions)

Treats children's excessive eating, stuffy pain, indigestion and long-term food addiction; also treats women's qi stagnation, blood stasis and amenorrhea. 8 liang of rhubarb (ground), 1 liang of three-edged and curcuma (wrapped in wet paper and simmered into powder). First, soak the rhubarb in vinegar in a silver stone container and simmer it over low heat until dry. Add the two ingredients and make pills as big as sesame seeds or mung beans. Take 10 to 29 pills each time after meals with warm water. Adults take pills as big as sycamore seeds and take 40 pills each time. (Sanleng Jianwan in "Health Treasure Mirror")