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Rehmannia, Sheng Di Huang 生地黄

Chinese Foxglove
Sheng Di Huang (TCM)
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Rehmannia glutinosa
Edwards’s Botanical Register
(1837)

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Rehmannia glutinosa flower
(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia)

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Botanical name:
Rehmannia glutinosa

Parts used:
Dried, unprepared root
Note the prepared Root is Rehmannia Shu Di Huang

Temperature & Taste:
Cold, moist. Sweet, Bitter

Classification:
B. Clears Heat, Cools the Blood     B. Clears Deficient Heat

Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Cools the Blood:

-Febrile diseases

2. Nourishes Yin, Generates Fluids:
-low-grade Fever, Night-sweats


Dose:
Decoction: 9–15 grams
Powder: 1–4 grams

Correctives:
... available in PRO version.

Substitutes:
... available in PRO version.
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Main Combinations:
1. Chronic, sore, dry Throat; or Dry moist with red tongue and fast but weak pulse from Yin-deficient Heat, combined Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
2. Heat with Blood deficiency, combined Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
3. Heat symptoms with Yin deficiency and dryness, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
4. High Fever from Heat penetrating the Blood, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
5. Delirium from High Fever, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
6. Hemorrhagic Fever, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
7. Bleeding from Heat:
i. associated with Heat and Yin and/or Blood deficiency, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
ii. Blood in the urine, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
iii. Coughing Blood from Lung Heat and Yin deficiency, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
iv. Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
v. Excess Menstrual bleeding, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
8. Itchy, red and inflamed skin, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
9. Headache from Liver Heat with Yin deficiency, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
10. Swollen, painful gums, mouth Ulcers, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
11. Toothache from Heat and Yin deficiency, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
12. Constipation from Heat and dryness or Yin deficiency:
i. Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
ii. Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
iii. Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
13. Wasting and Thirsting Disorder, Diabetes, Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang with ... available in PRO version.
14. Strengthen Kidney Yin and Yang, Nourish the Essence (Jing), Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang ... available in PRO version.

Major Formula:
Da Ding Feng Zhu
Bai He Gu Jin Tang
Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang
Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang
Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang
Tian Wan Bu Xin Wan
Qing Wei San
Xiao Feng San

Cautions:
1. Damp, heavy and hard-to-digest; not used in Spleen deficiency with loose stool and abdominal fullness.
2. Avoid Onion, Garlic and Radish while using

Toxicity:
–No toxicity was noted when 60 g/kg/day was given to mice for 3 days
–No toxicity was noted in rats when 18 g/kg/day was administeered for 15 days. (Chen & Chen)

Drug Interactions:
... available in PRO version.

Main Preparations used:
Prepared Rehmannia Shu Di Huang

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