Da Ji (Peking Spurge Root) 4oz

Pharmaceutical Name: Radix Euphorbiae seu Knoxiae Botanical Name: Euphorbia pekinesis Rupr.Knoxia valerianoides Thorel et Pitard Common Name: Euphorbia rootPeking Spurge root Source of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao Jing art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: The roots are dug in autumn or spring. After the fibrous roots have been removed, the roots are cleaned and dried in the sun, and then they are soaked in vinegar. Properties and Taste: Bitter, pungent, cold and poisonous Meridian: Lung, kidney and large intestine Functions: To transform water and reduce edemaTo disperse nodules and relieve swelling Indications and Combinations: 1.     Edema of the face and the body, retention of fluids in the chest and ascites. *Use with jujube (Dazao), Kansui root (Gansui) and Genkwa flower (Yuanhua) in the formula Shizao Tang. 2.  Boils, carbuncles, scrofula and subcutaneous nodules. *Use with Pleione rhizome (Shancigu) and Moleplant seed (Qianjinzi) for inte