Medicinals

é zhú / 莪朮 / 莪朮 / curcuma rhizome

Latin pharmacognostic name: Curcumae Rhizoma

Alternate English names:

Alternate Chinese names: 蓬朮 péng zhú; 蓬莪朮 péng é zhú

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Blood-Quickening Stasis-dispelling agents / Blood-quickening concretion-dispersing agents

Properties: Acrid, bitter; warm.

Channel entry: liver and spleen channels.

Indications:

Dosage & Method:

Oral: 3–15g in decoctions. Use raw to move qì and disperse food accumulation; use mix-fried with vinegar to dispel stasis and relieve pain.

Warning:

Contraindicated in pregnancy and profuse menstruation.

Product Description:

This is a fat, pear-shaped rhizome, 1–4 cm in diameter. The exterior surface is a yellowish brown and is rough in texture. It has prominent annular notes about 5–8 mm apart, and the scars of lateral roots. It is firm and hard. The decocting pieces are transverse slices, about 2–8 mm thick, revealing a brown cut edge with yellow speckles at the core. Slices treated with vinegar are much darker, and less yellow in color.

Quality:

Best are large, firm, smooth rhizomes that are yellowish green on the cut edge.

Product Area:

Guǎngxī, Sìchuān, Fújiàn, Guǎngdōng, Zhèjiāng, Yúnnán, Táiwān.

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