Functions of Bile and Dahuang dose

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Hi All,

 

 

> ...rhubarb improves the quality of bile.  So if you are secreting

> thin, immature bile you will have diarrhea.  Secreting thick

> viscous bile will lead to constipation.  Rhubarb affects both of

> these situations. 

 

Prof Burke-McAleer, our Vet Physiology Prof, taught us the

functions of bile in the following jingle in 1961;

 

The bile of the liver saponifies fat;

it helps to absorb and emulsify that;

it saves putrefaction aod PURGES a bit

and stercobilinogen colours the s**t!

 

Re homeostatic effects of herbs (ex: dahuang), or AP points (ex:

ST36-zusanli), the same herb or AP point can have diametrically

opposite effects depending on the deviation of the patient from the

norm.

 

For example, Dahuang or ST36 can treat diarrhoea in one patient

and constipation in another.

 

I am confused, however, by conflicting statements on the DOSE of

dahuang re diarrhoea/constipation. Marco wrote:

 

> In low dosages dahuang has] purgative action, while in high dosage

> it checks diarrhoea because of the predominant action of the

> tannin contents.

 

This is OPPOSITE to what I would expect; i.e. I would expect LOW

doses to ASTRINGE and HIGH doses to PURGE.

 

Please comment once more!

 

 

Best regards,

 

 

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