LIU Fuli,BA Yuanming.Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) in the Treatment of Urinary System Diseases[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,66(20):2170-2175.
LIU Fuli,BA Yuanming.Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) in the Treatment of Urinary System Diseases[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,66(20):2170-2175.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2025.20.016.
Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) in the Treatment of Urinary System Diseases
This paper summarizes clinical experience in the use of Dahuang (
Radix et Rhizoma Rhei
) for urinary system diseases. Dahuang is primarily believed to exert the following therapeutic effects, promoting bowel movement and purgation, cleansing the gastrointestinal tract, facilitating metabolic renewal, regulating water and grain metabolism, resolving damp-heat, activating blood circulation to remove stasis, and dispersing abscesses and stagnation. Different preparations of Dahuang have distinct properties. Raw Dahuang is bitter and cold and acts as a purgative; wine-processed Dahuang has dispersing and ascending effects; charred Dahuang removes stagnation and stops bleeding; cooked Dahuang gently purges and harmonizes the stomach. In clinical practice, different processed forms of Dahuang can be flexibly combined or used in classical formulas to treat urinary system diseases. For example, Dahuang combined with Gancao (
Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae
) forms
Dahuang Gancao Decoction
(大黄甘草汤), and its modifications may promote bowel movement, drain turbidities, and harmonize the stomach and strengthen the spleen for chronic renal failure; Dahuang combined with Taoren (
Semen Persicae
) and Guizhi (
Ramulus Cinnamomi
) forms
Taohe Chengqi Decoction
(桃核承气汤), and its modifications may activate blood circulation, remove stasis, and clear the upper wh
ile purging the lower for chronic kidney disease with cognitive impairment; Dahuang combined with
Yinchen Wuling Powder
(茵陈五苓散) may dry dampness, promote urination, purge heat, and resolve stasis for hepatitis B virus-associated nephritis; Dahuang combined with Mudanpi (
Cortex Moutan
) and Taoren forms
Dahuang Mudan Decoction
(大黄牡丹汤), and its modifications may promote blood circulation, disperse abscesses, dissolve nodules, and remove stagnation for chronic prostatitis.
Experience in Treating Digestive Dysfunction in Chronic Renal Failure from the Perspective of Dampness
Effect of Porcine Large Intestine-processed Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) on Defecation and Colon Pathological Changes in Constipation Model Mice
JIA Yingjie's Experience in Treating Malignant Tumors with the Method of ‘Unblocking Fu (腑) Organs and Directing the Turbid Downward’
Research on the “Wine-washed” Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) in the Treatise on Febrile Diseases (《伤寒论》) Printed in the Song Dynasty
Discussion on the Idea of Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Based on the Differentiation of Disease Location and Property
Related Author
BA Yuanming
ZHENG Peisen
RAO Xiaotian
HUANG Linjin
CHEN Bangyang
WU Dianwei
HUANG Maosheng
CHEN Qiuming
Related Institution
Affiliated Hospital of Hubei University of Chinese Medicine/Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine/Hubei Provincial Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University
Shantou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine/Shantou Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine