The source is from the root of Pulsatilla chinensis (Bunge) kegel, family Ranunculaceae. The medicinal material is collected in spring and autumn, its leaves, flower stems and fibrous roots being removed and its root stock enlarged and covered with white hairs being kept, and dried in the sun. The crude can be used.

Medicinal Properties:
Bitter in flavor, cold in nature, and attributive to the large intestine meridian.

Actions:
Clear away heat and eliminate toxin, cool the blood and treat dysentery.

 

Application
1. It is indicated for dysentery of heat type and an essential medicine to treat dysentery and especially suitable for dysentery of serious heat with the fresh blood.
2. For scrofula, carbuncle and scaby head, it can be used internally or externally. For damp-heat in the lower part with pudendal itching, and leukorrhea.