Natural High quality Rhubarb

Rhubarb is a generic name for a variety of perennial plant in the polygonaceae family, and is also the name of Chinese medicine. In the literature of China, "Rhubarb" often refers to the horseshoe rhubarb. In China, rhubarb is mainly used for medicinal purposes, but in Europe and the Middle East, their rhubarb often refers to several other edible varieties of rhubarb, stem red, fragrance, taste bitter and slightly astringent, chewing sticky teeth, a sense of sand. Stem and leaf withered in late autumn or picked before sprouting in next spring. In addition to the fine root, scraping off the skin, flap or section, string string into string drying or direct drying Chinese medicine rhubarb with attack accumulation stagnation, clearing damp-heat, purging fire, cooling blood, removing blood stasis, detoxification and other effects.

Plant description: Rhubarb is a tall perennial herb. Grown on mountain forest margins or grassy slopes, wild or cultivated, with stout Rhizomes. Stem erect, about 2 m tall, hollow, smooth and glabrous. Basal leaves large, with Stout fleshy petioles about as long as leaf blades; leaf blades broadly cordate or suborbicular, more than 40 cm in diameter, 3-7 palmately-parted, each lobe often repinnately divided, with papillate processes above and pilose below; cauline leaves smaller, with Short Petioles; OCREA cylindric, densely pubescent. Inflorescences large-paniculate, Terminal; pedicel slender, middle and lower jointed. Flowers purplish red or reddish purple; tepals 6, Ca. 1.5 mm long, in 2 whorls; Stamens 9; Style 3. ACHENES 3-sided, winged along angles, apex retuse, base subcordate, dark brown. Flowering 6-7 months, fruiting 7-8 months. After transplanting, generally in the 3rd, 4th July after the seeds mature digging, first cut off the above-ground part, digging around the soil, the roots from the roots cut, respectively processing. North Rhubarb dug up without washing, will scrape the skin, large open into half, small ball-shaped repair into an egg. It can be dried naturally in the shade or dried by fire. South Rhubarb first wash the sediment, drying, scraping off thick skin, cut into 7 ~ 10 cm thick chunks, and then anti-drying or sun-drying, because the stem center of shrinkage into a horseshoe-shaped, so called "Horseshoe Rhubarb. ". Rough root after scraping, cut into 10 ~ 13 cm long section, Sun or Kang Son is ready.

Palm Leaf Rhubarb also known as: Sunflower Leaf Rhubarb, North Rhubarb, Tianshui Rhubarb. Tall perennial herb. Stout rhizome. Stem erect, about 2 m tall, hollow, smooth and glabrous. Basal leaves large, with Stout fleshy petioles about as long as leaf blades; leaf blades broadly cordate or suborbicular, more than 40 cm in diameter, 3-7 palmately-parted, each lobe often repinnately divided, with papillate processes above and pilose below; cauline leaves smaller, with Short Petioles; OCREA cylindric, densely pubescent. Inflorescences large-paniculate, Terminal; pedicel slender, middle and lower jointed. Flowers purplish red or reddish purple; tepals 6, Ca. 1.5 mm long, in 2 whorls; Stamens 9; Style 3. ACHENES 3-sided, winged along angles, apex retuse, base subcordate, Dark Brown. Flowering 6-7 months, fruiting 7-8 months. Tangut Rhubarb, also known as: Chicken Claw Rhubarb. Tall perennial herb about 2 m tall. Stem glabrous or hairy. Root leaves slightly rounded or broadly cordate, 40-70 cm in diameter, 3-7 palmately parted, lobes narrowly long, often repinnately lobed, Apex Acute, base cordate; cauline leaves smaller, petioles shorter. Panicles large, mostly purple, green and white when young, closely branched, branchlets straight upward; flowers small, with longer pedicels; perianth 6,2 round; Stamens Generally 9; Ovary Triangular, style 3. Achenes triangular, winged, apex rounded or retuse, base cordate. Flowering period 6 ~ 7 months. FRUIT PERIOD: 7 ~ 9 months. This species is very similar to rheum palmatum. The main difference is that the leaf blade is deeply lobed, the lobes are usually triangular-lanceolate or narrowly linear, and the lobes are narrow and long. Inflorescences closely branched, straight upward, appressed to stem. Medicinal Rhubarb, also known as: South Rhubarb. Tall annual herb about 1.5 m tall. Stem erect, sparsely pubescent, nodes more dense. Root leaves long-stalked, Blade orbicular to ovoid, 40-70 cm in Diam. , palmately lobed, or only notched and coarsely serrate, anterior acute, base cordate, main veins usually 5, Basal, glabrous above, or with sparse, papillae near Zhou 'veins, underside hairy, mostly distributed in veins and margins of leaves; cauline leaves smaller, Petiole also short; Leaf Sheath simple, sparsely hairy, divided to base. Panicles, large, branched, small, 3-4 mm in Diam. , 4-10 in clusters; Perianth 6, Pale Green or yellow-white, 2-whorled, inner whorl oblong, Ca. 2 mm long, apex rounded, margin irregular, outer whorl slightly smaller; Stamens 9, not exserted; Ovary Triangular, flower column 3. Achenes triangular, winged, Ca. 8-10 mm long, ca. 6-9 mm wide, apical depression, red. Flowering and fruiting period 6 ~ 7 months. The main differences between the two species are: Basal Leaves 5-lobed, lobed Lobes large-toothed or broadly triangular; Ocrea membranous, more transparent, with short hairs. The flowers are large, yellowish green, the buds are elliptic, the fruit branches are spreading, and the edges of the Samara are opaque. EDIBLE RHUBARB: Edible Rhubarb is most suitable to grow in the cold temperate zone. Petiole Sour, often used with strawberries for stuffing, or in fruit puree and candied fruit, as well as in liqueurs and APERITIFS. Root cold resistance, and above-ground part of the Autumn Frost that is frozen to death. The leaves are poisonous and in some parts of the Himalayas only the leaves of wild species are cooked. Originally grown in Asia, rhubarb produces large clusters of leaves from underground stems in early spring. The leaves are 60 cm (2 ft) wide, with large stalks measuring more than 25 cm (1 inch) in diameter and measuring up to 60 cm in length. Late spring flowering, scape large, located in the middle of leaf clusters, flowers small and many, green and white. The Samara is angular and contains a seed.

Main treatment: Constipation due to excess heat; chest heat; damp-heat diarrhea; Jaundice; gonorrhea; Edema and abdominal fullness; unfavorable urination; Eyes Red; throat swelling and pain; sore tongue; stomach heat and vomiting; hematemesis; hemoptysis; blood in the stool; blood in the urine; Amenorrhea; Postpartum Stasis and abdominal pain; symptom accumulation; physical injury; Carbuncle and ulcer caused by heat; Erysipelas; scald.