Pulsatilla Root (Baitouweng)

Pulsatilla Root (Baitouweng)

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