Traditional Chinese Medicine/Da Huang

• 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