Pulsatilla root (Baitouweng)
Pulsatilla chinensis (Bge.) Regel (Fam. Ranunculaceae)
Pharmaceutical Name: Radix Pulsatillae Chinensis
Common Name: Pulsatilla root, Anemone, Chinese pulsatilla root, Chinese anemone root.
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong
Bencao Jing
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The roots are dug in spring or late autumn, cleaned and dried
in the sun.
Properties & Taste: Bitter and cold.
Meridian: Large intestine.
Functions: 1. To clear heat and release
toxins; 2. To cool the blood and stop dysentery.
Indications & Combinations:
1. It is one of the most important herbs
for both bacterial and amoebic dysentery due to Heat or Damp Heat with fever,
abdominal pain, and bloody stools. It is
used with Rhizoma Coptidis (Huang Lian),
Cortex Phellodendri (Huang Bai), and Cortex Fraxini (Qin Pi) in “The
Pulsatillae Decoction” (Bai Tou Weng Tang).
2. It is used with Radix Sophorae
Flavescentis (Ku Shen), prepared as a lotion for the treatment of pudendal itching
due to trichomonas vaginitis.
Dosage: 6-15 g, decocted in water for
an oral dose, or used in pills and powder.
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