Rhubarb and Honey Paste

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Rhubarb and Honey Paste

Chinese Name: 大黄蜂蜜糊汁

Formula

50 grams of rhubarb, 200 grams of honey.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Wash the raw rhubarb, sun-dry or oven-dry it, grind it into a fine powder, and store it in a bottle for future use. When ready to take, mix it with honey to form a paste.

Efficacy

Clears heat, stops bleeding, and increases platelet count. Suitable for thrombocytopenic purpura caused by blood heat leading to uncontrolled blood flow.

Usage

Take twice daily: each time, mix 2.5 grams of rhubarb powder with 10 grams of honey to form a paste, then swallow it.

Commentary

Rhubarb (Da-huang) holds the chief position in this formula; cold and bitter in character, it channels into the Spleen, Stomach, Large Intestine, Liver, Heart meridians, working chiefly to purge heat, drain accumulation, cool blood and resolve stasis. Honey (Feng-mi) rounds out the formula as the harmonizing herb, working to moisten the lung and harmonize the formula and moderate the overall properties. Taken together these herbs clear heat, stop bleeding, increases platelet count, in keeping with the blood and heat pattern.

Rhubarb and Honey Paste，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat, stops bleeding, and increases platelet count. Suitable for thrombocytopenic purpura caused by blood heat leading to uncontrolled blood flow.

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