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Anemone rivularis, Srub ka སྲུབ་ཀ

River Anemone, Brooklet Anemone
Srub ka
(Tibetan)

Hu Zhang Cao (TCM)
Picture
Anemone rivularis
 Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 28 (1842)


Botanical name:
Anemone rivularis (syn. A. dubia, A. geraniifolia, A. hispida, A. wightiana)

Parts used:
Root; whole plant
Root is used in TCM; Seed is used in Tibet

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter (Cool in Chinese Medicine)

Uses:
1. Benefits the Stomach, Promotes Digestion:
-Weakness of the Stomach; Indigestion
-Stomachache (Tibet, TCM)
-Seed is regarded as restoring digestive heat (Tibet)

2. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison:
-Fever, Colds, Cough
-Epidemic diseases, Mumps; Malaria
-pain and swelling of the Throat (TCM)
-Snake Bite (Seed, Tibet)
-Sores; Abscesses, suppuration

3. Clears Damp, Disperses Swelling, Eases Pain:
-accumulation of serous fluids (Damp); 'yellow water disease'
-damp-heat Jaundice (TCM)
-Edema, fluid swelling
-Wind-Damp pain (TCM)
-Tumors (root, fruit)

4. Moves the Blood, Stops Bleeding:
-Wounds, Trauma, Bruising (Tibet, TCM; Root, seed, herb)

5. Externally:
-earache, toothache (Tibet, TCM)
-applied to Wounds
-root paste applied to Headache


DOSE:
In Powder: 1–3 grams

SUBSTITUTES:
Russian sources have listed Clematis hexapetala for Srub ka. This is probably a local substitute used by Tibetans in Russia.

Main Combinations:

Major Formulas:


Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used:

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