INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Radix Pulsatillae
Common English:	Pulsatilla Root Chinese Anemone Root Anemone Asian Pasqueflower Root

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter	Cold	Large Intestine Stomach (Liver)	6-18g Tincture: 2-5ml

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat, alleviates dysentery, cools the Blood and resolves Fire toxicity

Dysentery, Damp-Heat in the Stomach or Intestines, hematochezia

Toxic Fire dysentery

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Only use the dried herb not the fresh.
Contraindicated for those with chronic dysentery or diarrhea due to Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold.
Contraindicated for women with vaginal discharge due to Stomach Deficiency.
Contraindicated for those with dysenteric disorders that exhibit pale Blood.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian Cx. Fraxini Qin Pi	Hb. Portulacae Ma Chi Xian	Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin Sm. Arecae Bing Lang
Damp-Heat or epidemic dysenteric disorders	Dysenteric disorders due to Heat toxin	Warm febrile malarial disorders
Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis Ku Shen	Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu Charred Flos Sophorae Huai Hua Tan Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
External wash for itchy vaginal discharge	Bleeding hemorrhoids

This herb is used when a Heat syndrome is damaging fluids or causing bleeding.
An extract is used in douches for trichomonas vaginitis.
It is in the same family as goldenseal.
It treats Hot dysenteric disorders with a bearing-down sensation or tenesmus, especially where bleeding is involved.
It can be used as an enema for dysenteric disorders.
This herb can be used alone internally or topically for hemorrhoids.
This herb can be used alone Internally or topically for scrofula.
Other sources say that this herb treats warm malarial disorders with frequent thrashing, delirium, chills, fever, abdominal masses, accumulation and goiter; drives out Blood, stops pain, treats metal sores, nosebleeds, toxic red dysenteric disorders, abdominal pain, toothache, pain in all of the joints, scrofula on the lower neck, all types of Wind, warms the lower back, brightens the eyes and dissolves warts.
Bai Tou Weng, Fr. Bruceae Ya Dan Zi and Hb. Portulacae Ma Chi Xian all clear Heat, resolve toxicity and treat dysenteric disorders. They are used together to treat bleeding dysenteric disorders due to Heat toxin. Ma Chi Xian primarily treats red dysenteric disorders with mucus and Blood, partly because it cools the Blood and stops bleeding. Ya Dan Zi primarily treats dysenteric disorders that alternate between mild and severe, or seem to be cured and then recur. Bai Tou Weng treats both types.