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