Ramie root (ZHU MA GEN)
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. (Fam. Urticaceae)
Pharmaceutical Name:
Radix Boehmeriae
Botanical
Name:
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. (Fam. Urticaceae)
Common Name:
Ramie
root
Part Used:
Dried
root
Radix
Boehmeriae is produced in most provinces in China. It is collected in summer
and autumn, dried in sunlight, sliced, and used unprepared.
Properties Taste
& Meridians:
Sweet
in flavor, cold in property, acts on the Heart and the Liver
channels.
Functions:
Arrests
bleeding by clearing Blood Heat, clears Blood Heat to prevent abortion, and is
a diuretic.
Indications & Combinations:
1. For bleeding due to Blood Heat, including
hemoptysis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, and hematuria, Radix Boehmeriae (Zhu Ma Gen) is used alone or with Radix
Sanguisorbae Officinalis (Di Yu), Herba Cirsii
Segeti ( Xiao Ji), and Cacumen Platycladi (Ce Bai Ye). For threatened abortion
and vaginal bleeding during pregnancy, it is used with Radix Scutellariae (Huang
Qin) and Caulis Bambusae In Taeniis (Zhu Ru), or it is used with Radix
Angelicae Sinensis (Dang Gui) and Colla Corii Asini (A Jiao), as in the “Radix
Boehmeriae Decoction” (Zhu Gen Tang).
2. For Damp Heat gonorrhea, it is used with Rhizoma Imperatae (Bai Mao Gen) and Semen
Plantaginis (Che Qian Zi).
3. For sores, boils, and carbuncles due to
Heat, fresh Radix Boehmeriae (Zhu Ma Gen)
can be crushed for topical application.
Dosage
and administration:
10–30 g, decocted in water for an oral dose.
Appropriate quantity for external use.
Precautions:
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