Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.11-03-2021

Rhubarb

Plant

Family

knotweed family, smartweed family, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae)

English

Rhubarb

Latin

Rheum tanguticum (Maxim. ex Regel) Balf., Rheum tanguticum var. tanguticum

Plantparts

Roots, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Abdominal trouble, Aids digestion, Anti-asthmatic, Antihaemorrhagic, Anti-hemorrhagic, Aperient, asthma, bad digestion, belch, benificial effect on the digestion, biliary disorders, Bilious affection, Biliousness, Bleeding, Carminative, Carminativum, catharic, Cathartic, Clears gas, complaints of the stomach, constipating, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, Disdorders of the bile, disease of the gall, disease of the stomach, dispepsia, dyspepsia, Eupeptic, Fart, Flatulence, flatulency, flatus, Gall complaints, Gas, Gastropathy, Good for digestion, haemorrhage, Haemorrhagic conditions, Haemorrhaging, hemorrhage, Hemorrhaging, impetigo, improves digestion, Indigestion, intestinal gas, Kidney pain, Laxative, Liver pain, movements of the bowel, Nephralgia, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, Purgative, stimulates digestion, Stomach aliment, stomach complaints, Stomach disease, stomach disorders, stomach problems, Stomach trouble, Warming digestive, wind

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Brazil

Ingredients

 Aloe emodin, Anthranol, calcium salt, Catechin, Chrysophanic acid, emodin, enzyme, Epicatechin, Gallocatechol, Natural rubber, Progesterone, rhein, Rheum emodin, Sennosides A, Sennosides C, Sennosides E, starch, sugar, Tannic acid

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0647

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