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Similar Rheum palmatum, Rhubarb, Rheum rhaponticum, Polygonaceae, Cascara buckthorn | ||
Rheum officinale chinesischer rhabarber
Rheum officinale, the Chinese rhubarb or Tibetan rhubarb, is a rhubarb from the family Polygonaceae native to China.
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Medicinal uses
Rheum officinale is used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is called yào yòng dà huáng (Chinese: 药用大黄), and is also a component in the North American herbal remedy called Essiac tea.
In modern medicine, R. officinale has been studied for the treatment of hepatitis B. However, a meta-analysis of published clinical trials concluded that the quality of existing studies was "poor", but further study of R. officinale in combination with interferon is "justified".
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