Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines

547T5453 Rhamnella inaequilatera (Rhamnaceae); BU DUI CHENG MAO RU;Asymmetry Rhamnella*. Isolated compounds: 18676, 18677, 18678.T5454 Rhamnus cathartica (Rhamnaceae); YAO SHU LI; CommonBuckthorn. Used part: ripe fruit. TCM Effects: To moisten intestinesand free stool. TCM Indications: Intestinal dry and constipation,habitual constipation. Isolated compounds: 7939, 7940.T5455 Rhamnus crenata (Rhamnaceae); LI LA GEN; Oriental Buckthorn.Used part: root or root cortex. TCM Effects: To clear heat and resolvetoxin, kill worms and disinhibit damp. TCM Indications: Scab sore,intractable lichen, eczema, urticaria, tinea capitis, knocks and falls.Isolated compounds: 3598.T5456 Rhamnus crenatus (Rhamnaceae); HUANG YAO; Oriental Buckthorn.Isolated compounds: 4226.T5457 Rhamnus davurica (Rhamnaceae); SHU LI; Davurian Buckthorn. Usedpart: fruit. TCM Effects: To clear heat and resolve toxin, drainprecipitation and kill worms, relieve cough and dispel phlegm. TCMIndications: Sore and welling abscess, scrofula, scab and lichen,decayed toothache, mouth sore, abdominal distention and constipation,cough of phlegm asthma, edema distention fullness. Isolatedcompounds: 967, 3615, 6776, 12020.T5458 Rhamnus disperma (Rhamnaceae); SHUANG ZHONG ZI SHU LI;Diseed Buckthorn*. Isolated compounds: 18350.T5459 Rhamnus formosana (Rhamnaceae); TAI WAN SHU LI; TaiwanBuckthorn*. Isolated compounds: 17252.T5460 Rhamnus frangula [Syn. Frangula alnus] (Rhamnaceae); OU SHU LI;Glossy Buckthorn. Used part: bark. TCM Effects: To moistenintestines and free stool. TCM Indications: Habitual constipation,abdominal pain. Isolated compounds: 968, 1738, 6776, 6778, 7938,7939, 7940, 15489, 16558.T5461 Rhamnus leptophylla (Rhamnaceae); JIANG LI MU GEN; ThinleafBuckthorn Root. Used part: root. TCM Effects: To disperse food andtransform stagnation, move water and free stool. TCM Indications:Food accumulation abdominal distention, edema, ascites, constipation.Isolated compounds: 2556.T5462 Rhamnus nakaharai (Rhamnaceae); TAI ZHONG SHU LI; TaizhongBuckthorn*. Isolated compounds: 18376, 18376.T5463 Rhamnus purshiana (Rhamnaceae); BO XI SHU LI; CascaraBuckthorn. Isolated compounds: 3254, 3598, 3615, 17251.T5464 Rhamnus virgata (Rhamnaceae); ZHOU ZHI SHU LI; TwiggyBuckthorn. Isolated compounds: 17250.T5465 Rhaponticum carthamoides (Asteraceae); LU CAO; RedfloweredSwisscentaury*. Used part: root. TCM Effects: To boost qi and fortifyspleen, quiet spirit. TCM Indications: Fatigue hypodynamia,inappetence, neurasthenia. Isolated compounds: 811, 1476, 2779, 6402,9260, 9678, 11660, 17662, 18369, 20357.T5466 Rhaponticum uniflorum (Asteraceae); LOU LU; UniflowerSwisscentaury. Equivalent plant: Echinops grijsii, Echinops ritro.Used part: root. TCM Effects: To clear heat and resolve toxin, quickenblood and promote milk. TCM Indications: Mammary welling abscess,effusion of back from welling abscess and flat abscess, scrofula,galactostasis, damp impediment and hypertonicity. Isolatedcompounds: 6679, 6681, 18750, 18751.T5467 Rheedia gardneriana (Clusiaceae). Isolated compounds: 18754.Rheum australe = Rheum emodiT5468 Rheum emodi [Syn. Rheum australe] (Polygonaceae); ZANG BIANDA HUANG; Austral Rhubarb. Used part: root and rhizome. TCMEffects: To clear heat and resolve toxin, stanch bleeding and engenderflesh. TCM Indications: Lung heat cough, swelling pain in throat,swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, bleeding due to externalinjury, hematochezia. Isolated compounds: 401, 967, 1363, 3222, 3255,3256, 3280, 3308, 3590, 3615, 3618, 3619, 6776, 6854, 8095, 9898,9899, 13361, 17247, 17250, 17251, 18669, 18670, 18671, 18672,18759, 20468, 21453.T5469 Rheum hotaoense (Polygonaceae); HE TAO DA HUANG; River-bendRhubarb*. Used part: root and rhizome. TCM Effects: To disperseaccumulation and transform stagnation, free bowels and drain heat.TCM Indications: Food accumulation, distention fullness in stomachduct and abdomen, abdominal pain and diarrhea, heat bindconstipation. Isolated compounds: 3616, 8095, 18767.T5470 Rheum maximowiczii (Polygonaceae); MA SHI DA HUANG;Maximowicz Rhubarb*. Isolated compounds: 10610, 10611, 10612,10613, 13616, 13617, 18265.T5471 Rheum nanum (Polygonaceae); AI DA HUANG; Low Rhubarb*.Isolated compounds: 8879, 13361.T5472 Rheum officinale (Polygonaceae); DA HUANG; Medicinal Rhubarb.Equivalent plant: Rheum palmatum, Rheum tanguticum. Used part:root and rhizome. TCM Effects: To drain heat and free intestines, coolblood and resolve toxin, expel stasis and free menstruation. TCMIndications: Repletion heat constipation, accumulation with abdominalpain, damp-heat jaundice, acute icterohepatitis, red eyes, swollenthroat, intestinal welling abscess and abdominal pain, bleeding ofdigestive tract, chronic diarrhea, indigestion, acute appendicitis, acuteperitonitis, ileus, cholecystitis, gallstones, swollen welling abscess andclove sores, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, knocks and falls, burnsand scalds. Isolated compounds: 423, 967, 970, 1363, 3172, 3173,3279, 3315, 3615, 3619, 3620, 3703, 3706, 5514, 5518, 6776, 6778,6854, 6864, 8095, 8096, 8097, 8108, 8109, 8110, 10217, 10534,14219, 14220, 15132, 16556, 16557, 16558, 17099, 17247, 17250,17251, 17877, 17896, 18650, 18744, 18748, 18756, 18757, 18758,18759, 18761, 18766, 19746, 19748, 19749, 19750, 19751, 21453,21454, 21642.T5473 Rheum palaestinum (Polygonaceae). Isolated compounds: 17283,18744.T5474 Rheum palmatum (Polygonaceae); ZHANG YE DA HUANG; SorrelRhubarb. Used part: root and rhizome. TCM Effects: See Rheumofficinale. TCM Indications: See Rheum officinale. Isolatedcompounds: 899, 967, 969, 970, 971, 3308, 3315, 3599, 3615, 3619,3620, 3703, 3706, 5206, 5514, 5518, 6776, 6778, 6854, 6864, 8095,8096, 8097, 8108, 8109, 16556, 16557, 16558, 17099, 17247, 17249,17250, 17251, 17283, 17877, 17896, 18648, 18650, 18744, 18756,18757, 18758, 18759, 18760, 18761, 18762, 18763, 18764, 18765,18766, 19746, 19747, 19748, 19749, 19750, 19751, 19752, 21158,21642, 21786, 21787, 21788.T5475 Rheum qinlingense (Polygonaceae); QIN LING DA HUANG; QinlingRhubarb*. Isolated compounds: 3621.T5476 Rheum rhaponticum (Polygonaceae); SHI YONG DA HUANG;