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Traditional Chinese Medicine/Da Huang
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Pinyin Name: Da Huang
Literal Name: "big yellow," "greater yellow root"
Alternate Chinese Names: Jiang Jun, Chuan Jun, Jín 讥Ten
Original Source: Shen Nong Ben Cao Jíng (Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica) in the
second century
English Name: rhubarb root
Botanical Name: Rheum palmatum L. (Zhang Ye Da Huang)j Rheum tangutícum Maxim ex Balf. (Tang Gu Te Da Huang)j or Rheum officínale Baill. (Da Huang)
Pharmaceutical Name: Radix et Rhizoma Rhei
Properties: bitter, cold
Channels Entered: Spleen, Stomach, Large intestine, Liver, Heart