INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Radix Rehmanniae |
| Common English: | Rehmannia Root Chinese Foxglove Root |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
| Sweet Bitter |
Cold |
Heart Kidney Liver |
5-30g Bi Syndrome: 10-50g Tincture: 2-4 ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Clears Heat and cools the Blood |
Ying-Stage Heat with high fever, thirst and a scarlet tongue Xue Stage Heat Hemorrhage due to Blood Heat |
Nourishes Yin, generates Fluids, increases saliva and treats wasting and thirsting |
(Heart) Yin Deficiency with Heat signs Injury to fluids Throat pain due to Yin Deficiency Wasting and thirsting disorder (Xiao Ke - diabetes) |
| Cools Heart Fire | Heart Fire, mouth sores |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Gel. Asini |
Rx. Scrophulariae |
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Coughing, hematemesis, epistaxis and uterine hemorrhage due to Heat from Deficiency. |
Dry throat, irritability, a red tongue, and a fast thready pulse due to Devastated Yin with Blazing Fire. Excessive thirst, irritability, and a scarlet tongue due to Ying Stage Heat. Swelling of the throat and lymph nodes. Constipation due to Excess Heat with Yin Deficiency. |
Late stage Ying or Xue Stage Heat in the Yin areas of the body with night fever, morning coolness, emaciation, and a red tongue. |
Rx. Paeoniae Alba |
Rx. Paeoniae Alba |
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata |
| Blood Deficiency Heat. |
Hematuria, hematemesis, and epistaxis due to Xue Stage Heat. |
Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood. |
Tub. Ophiopogonis |
Fr. Amomi |
Rx. Scrophulariae |
| Dry mouth, thirst, dry lips and a red tongue due to Stomach Yin Deficiency. |
Prevents Stagnation with symptoms of diarrhea, nausea or abdominal pain. |
Ying Stage or Blood Stage Heat. |
Cornu Rhinoceri |
Rz. Polygonati Odorati |
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| Hemorrhage due to Heat in the Blood. |
Toxic Heat in the Blood. |
Consumption of Body Fluids due to febrile disease. |
Cornu Bubali |
Rx. Puerariae |
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| Rashes due to Blood Heat. |
Heat in the Ying Stage. |
Diabetes with thirst. |
Caulis Akebiae |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
Cx. Moutan |
| Sensations of Heat in the chest, irritability, insomnia, thirst, dark, scanty urine and mouth and tongue sores from Heat in the Heart and Small Intestine. |
Skin disorders with itching due to Heat in the Blood. |
Ying and Xue Stage Heat with a high fever, scarlet tongue, thirst, a rash all over the body, epistaxis and hemoptysis. Residual Warm pathogen which has injured the Yin. Kidney Yin Deficiency with steaming bones. |
Rx. Scrophulariae |
Rz. Imperatae |
Rz. Cimicifugae |
Excess or Deficiency Heat patterns. Late-stage febrile disease with irritability, thirst and constipation. Kidney Yin Deficiency with Fire Blazing with soreness and swelling in the throat, dry mouth and a parched tongue. Swelling of the throat and lymph nodes. |
Cools the Blood, draws out toxicity and reduces searing Heat for Ying Stage Heat with fever, thirst, a scarlet tongue and rashes. Bleeding due to Heat in the Blood. Heat injuring the Yin. Prolonged low grade fever |
Cools Heat in the Lungs and Stomach, stopping hemoptysis and hematemesis. |
Rx. et Rz. Rhei |
Cacumen Platycodi |
Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae |
Blazing Heart and Stomach Fire with epistaxis, and hemoptysis. Deficiency Fire. Parched, dry stools with damaged Yin. |
All types of bleeding due to Heat in the Blood. (take for only a short time) |
Powerfully clears Deficiency Fire Blazing Upward with pain and swelling of the gums, epistaxis, hematemesis and other hemorrhage in the upper body. Diabetes. |
Rx. Scutellariae |
Rx. Scutellariae |
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Gastrointestinal bleeding. |
Excessive menstrual bleeding. |
Purpura or bleeding with maculae and blotches on the skin. |
Rx. Trichosanthis |
Hb. Phylostachys Nigra |
Rx. Scrophulariae |
Thirst and irritability due to Lung Heat. |
Lin syndrome. |
Bi syndrome due to Toxic Heat. Bi syndrome causing consumption of Yin. |
- Do not store in an iron container.
- Traditionally combined with Cornu Rhinoceri Xi Jiao to detoxify the Blood.
- Raw Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang is brown while Cooked Rehmanniae Shu Di Huang is black and greasier.
- The hemostatic properties are only present in the context of febrile disease.
- It is said to dry the Large Intestine.
- The fresh root Xian Di Huang is used for thirst, exanthesis and bleeding, while the dried root Gan Di Huang is used for bleeding due to Blood Deficiency and to nourish vital essence.
- This herb has a stronger effect on pain relief than Rx. Aconiti Preparata Zhi Chuan Wu, Agkistrodon/ Bungaris Bai Hua She and Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu.
- Both Sheng Di Huang and Cornu Bubali Shui Niu Jiao cool Blood and clear Heat. Sheng Di Huang is better at nourishing Yin, while Shui Niu Jiao is better at resolving toxicity.
- Both Sheng Di Huang and Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen clear Heat, cool the Blood, enrich Yin and generate fluids. Sheng Di Huang is stronger at cooling Blood, while enriching Yin and stopping bleeding. It focuses at the Blood level and regulates disorders of the Heart, Liver and Kidneys. Xuan Shen focuses on the Yin, directs Fire downward, resolves toxicity, disperses clumps, cools the Lungs and benefits the throat. It emphasizes regulating the Lungs and Kidneys.
- Big Rehmannia Da Sheng Di Huang is not as good unprepared and dried as it is fresh in generating fluids.
- Small Rehmanniae Xiao Sheng Di Huang is not as hard on the digestion, is thin, soft and harmonizes the Ying Qi. It can nourish the Yin without being cloying.
- Fresh Rehmannia Xian Sheng Di Huang is colder and stronger at cooling the Blood and generating Body Fluids to relieve thirst when the juice is extracted. It is best used for high fever and bleeding The dosage is 20-60g.
- Wild-crafted Rehmannia Ye Sheng Di Huang is slightly more bitter and less sweet.
- Dry-fried Rehmanniae Chao Sheng Di Huang has its cooling property and greasiness reduced. It's ability to nourish Blood is enhanced.
- Charred Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang Tan cools the Blood and is more effective at stopping bleeding.
- Wine-fried Rehmannia Jiu Chao Sheng Di Huang no longer harms the Stomach. It is used when there is concern that its normal coldness will harm the Yang of the Stomach and Spleen.