Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

yáng tí / 羊蹄 / 羊蹄 / dock root

Latin pharmacognostic name: Rumicis Radix

Alternate English names:

Alternate Chinese names:

Origin: Plant

Use: alimentary

Category: Blood-stanching agents / Blood-cooling blood-stanching agents

Properties: Bitter; cold; slightly toxic.

Channel entry: heart, liver, and large intestine channels.

Indications:

• Cools the blood and stanches bleeding: Vomiting of blood (blood ejection); nosebleed; bloody stool flooding and spotting.
• Kills works and treats lichen: scab (jiè) and lichen (xiǎn).
• Frees the stool (mild draining precipitant): constipation.

  Dosage & Method:

  Oral: Decoct (10–15g), extract juice, or prepare as a paste. Topical: Apply crushed.

  Warning:

  Unsuitable for spleen vacuity cold with sloppy stool.

  Product Area:

  Rumex nepalensis is found in the western China, while Rumex japonicus is found in central and eastern China.