|
Rehmannia (raw) ( 生地黄 ) ...Chinese Herb...
Latin Plant Name
Rehmanniae Glutinosae
|
Pinyin Mandarin Name
Sheng Di Huang
|
Common English Name
Chinese Foxglove Root, Raw Rehmannia Root
Read Also:
New Place (Sheng Di Huang) & Old Place (Shu Di Huang)
|
|
|
Part of Plant Used
dried tuberous root
|
Nature
Cold
|
Taste
Sweet, bitter
|
Meridians Entered
Liver, Kidneys, Heart
|
Common Usages
This herb is used in formulas to treat symptoms of high fever, thirst, mouth and tongue sores, irritability, flushing of the cheeks, dry stool, lower-back pain, nosebleed, insomnia, blood in the urine, uterine bleeding, afternoon or low-grade fevers, hemorrhage, and diabetic syndrome (TCM: Blood heat symptoms).
|
|
Traditional Usages and Functions
Clears heat and cools Blood; nourishes Yin and Blood and generates Fluids; cools upward blazing of Heart Fire. By raising Yin and increasing production of Fluids, this herb also settles Yang, thus reducing heat in a more stable way than by simply extinguishing Fire. Used for Wasting and Thirsting Syndrome.
|
Common Formulas Used In
Concha Marguerita and Ligustrum; Gentiana; Ginseng and Zizyphus; Clematis and Stephania; Leonuris and Achyranthes.
|
Processing Required
-
|
Remarks
Do not use during pregnancy. Do not use where there are damp phlegm imbalances, deficient Spleen imbalances with dampness or deficient Yang, or deficient Blood or Stomach imbalances.
|
Cautions in Use
Do not use this herb when there is painful or difficult urination, or if there are heat and dampness symptoms.
|
Leave Rehmannia (raw)
|
|