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Specimen profile
Himalayan Rhubarb
Rheum australe · Polygonaceae
Skt · Amlavetasa — “Sour root resembling a cane that sharpens appetite”Hindi · Revand ChiniMal · RevandachiniTam · Nattu Revandchini
A high-altitude alpine rhizome celebrated for purging toxic waste and clearing deep abdominal obstructions.
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Rheum australe is a robust perennial herb with massive rounded basal leaves and dense panicles of small dark reddish-purple flowers. Its thick, fleshy, yellow-brown rhizomes hold an intensely bitter, astringent, and sour profile. It is the premier herb for gently clearing morbid Pitta and Kapha toxins from the lower bowel without causing colic.
Identification markers
Stout alpine herb with thick radical cordate leaves; dense terminal leafy panicles; thick yellow-orange woody rhizome with pungent odor.
Rasa
Amla, Tikta, Kashaya
Guna
Laghu, Ruksha, Teekshna
Virya
Ushna
Vipaka
Katu
Prabhava
Bhedana
Dosha effect
KV- P+
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