Botanical Name: Rheum Emodi
Sanskrit Name: Revandachini, Revatchini.
English Name: Rhubarb
Family: Polygonaceae         

Plant Part Used: Dried rhizome, Underground stem of the plant

 Description of Rheum Emodi:

Rhubarb is a perennial plant that grows from thick short rhizomes, comprising the genus Rheum. The large, somewhat triangular leaf blades are elevated on long, fleshy petioles. The flowers are small, greenish-white, and borne in large compound leafy inflorescences

Medicinal Uses:
Used as purgative and astringent tonic. Its stimulating effect combined with aspirin properties renders it especially useful in atonic dyspepsia.

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