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Rehmannia (raw)
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Latin Plant Name Rehmanniae Glutinosae | ||
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Pinyin Mandarin Name Sheng Di Huang | ||
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Common English Name Chinese Foxglove Root, Raw Rehmannia Root 
Read Also: New Place (Sheng Di Huang) & Old Place (Shu Di Huang) | ||
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Part of Plant Used dried tuberous root | ||
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Nature Cold | ||
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Taste Sweet, bitter | ||
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Meridians Entered Liver, Kidneys, Heart | ||
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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). | ||
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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. | ||
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Common Formulas Used In Concha Marguerita and Ligustrum; Gentiana; Ginseng and Zizyphus; Clematis and Stephania; Leonuris and Achyranthes. | ||
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Processing Required -
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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. | ||
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Cautions in Use Do not use this herb when there is painful or difficult urination, or if there are heat and dampness symptoms. |
