INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: SHUI HONG HUANG ZI - 水红花子 - FRUCTUS POLYGONI ORIENTALIS

Pharmaceutical Latin: Fructus Polygoni Orientalis
Common English: Prince's-Feather Fruit

CATEGORY

Herbs that Regulate the Blood: Herbs that Break up Blood Stasis

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Salty
Bitter
Cool
Cold
Liver
Spleen
3-10g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Dissipates Blood Stasis and breaks up Stagnation, tonifies the Spleen and promotes diuresis

Scrofula, sores and boils, stomachache, abdominal masses, abdominal distension, poor appetite, ascites, acute conjunctivitis

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Deficiency Cold in Spleen and Stomach.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES

  1. This herb is used as a powder, made into a paste or soaked in wine.
  2. this herb has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
  3. This herb is said to cure abdominal masses in children and other chronic and uterine masses.
  4. The herb Hb. Polygoni Orientalis Hong Cao, is said to quench thirst, relieve fever, improve vision and promote the flow of Qi.
  5. For abdominal masses, stew to a paste one bowl of the fruit or flower of this herb into a paste and apply to the mass or mix with wine for oral administration. Greasy food is forbidden while taking this herb.