Paraquilegia anemonoides, Yu mo mde’u ’byin ཡུ་མོ་མདེའུ་འབྱིནYu mo mde’u ’byin (Tibetan)Jia lou dou cai 假楼斗菜 (TCM) |
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Paraquilegia microphylla J.F. Royle, Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural
history of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, Plates, vol. 2 (1839)
Paraquilegia microphylla Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, vol. 1920 (1920)
Paraquilegia microphylla (Photo by Фахразиев Альфир Магафурьянович) (Wikimedia)
Botanical name:
Several species of Paraquilegia are used:
1. P. anemonoides
2. P. microphylla
Parts used:
Whole plant
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet
Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation:
-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea
-Promotes Labor
-Expels a Dead Fetus
2. Moves the Blood, Resolves Stasis, Stops Bleeding, Eases Pain:
-Blood stasis; Bruising; Hematoma
-Pain associated with Blood stagnation or Bruising
-Bleeding due to Trauma
-Uterine Bleeding
-inflammation of Wounds
-helps eject foreign bodies from Wounds (inc. bullets etc.)
Dose:
Decoction: 3–6 grams
Powder: 1–3 grams
Main Combinations:
1. To promote and enhance Labor, Paraquilegia, Mirabilis, Tribulus, Angelica glauca, Snake skin
Major Formulas:
Paraquilegia 6 (Mde’u ‘byin drug pa)
Cautions:
Not used during Pregnancy.