bubble_chart Source This product is the dried concentrate of the leaf juice from the perennial evergreen plants of the Lily Bulb family, namely Aloes (Aloe barbadensis Miller) and Cape Aloes (Aloe ferox Miller). It is primarily produced in Africa, and is also cultivated in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and other regions of mainland China. It can be harvested throughout the year by cutting the leaves of the plant and collecting the exuded juice. The juice is then boiled in a pot until it becomes a thick paste, poured into containers, and allowed to cool and solidify. It is used in pill form.
bubble_chart Properties and Meridians
Bitter, cold. Act on liver and large intestine meridians.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Purging, clearing the liver, and killing worms.
bubble_chart Indications
- Used for heat accumulation constipation. This product is bitter and cold in nature, with descending and purging properties. It can both purge and relieve constipation, as well as clear liver heat and eliminate vexing heat. It is used to treat heat accumulation constipation accompanied by excessive heart and liver fire, dysphoria, and insomnia. It is often used together with Cinnabar and added to Toilette Pill.
- Used for liver meridian pattern of excess-fire. This product has a good effect on clearing liver heat. It is suitable for conditions such as constipation, dark urine, dizziness, headache, dysphoria, irritability, fright epilepsy, pain, and convulsions due to excessive fire in the liver meridian. It is often used together with Gentian, Gardenia, Indigo, etc., such as in Chinese Angelica Aloes Pill.
- Used for infantile malnutrition with accumulation in children. This product can purge, clear the liver, and kill worms to treat malnutrition. It is also used to treat worm accumulation, abdominal pain, sallow complexion, and emaciation in children with infantile malnutrition with accumulation. It can be used in combination with spleen-strengthening and vermifugal medicinal combinations.
- In addition, taking advantage of its worm-killing effect, it can be applied externally to treat tinea and sores.
bubble_chart Documentation
- Yaoxing Lun: "Kills children's parasitic worms. Mainly used for blowing into the nose to kill brain parasites, and to relieve nasal itching.
- Kaibao Bencao: "Mainly treats heat wind restlessness, heat in the chest and diaphragm, improves vision, calms the heart, treats infantile convulsions, heals five types of parasites, kills three types of worms and hemorrhoid sores, and detoxifies Croton Fruit."
bubble_chart Usage and Dosage
Take 1-2g each time in pill or powder form. Apply an appropriate amount externally.
bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications
Spleen-stomach weakness, reduced appetite, loose stools, and contraindicated for pregnant women.
bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology
This product contains Rhubarb Rhizoma glycosides, p-coumaric acid, a small amount of α-glucose, various amino acids, and trace amounts of essential oils. Aloe anthraquinone derivatives have a stimulating laxative effect, accompanied by significant abdominal pain and pelvic congestion, and in severe cases, can cause nephritis. Its extracts inhibit the growth of fleshy tumor-180 and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma, and have an inhibitory effect on the isolated toad heart. The aqueous extract has an inhibitory effect on various skin fungi and human-type subcutaneous node bacilli. It has been reported abroad that in the United States, food made from Aloe is used as a health supplement, and drinking Aloe juice can prevent common colds and tonsillitis; in Japan and the United States, some people use Aloe to make Aloe ointment, which is effective for rough skin, freckles, and sores.