INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Radix Rehmanniae Preparata |
| Common English: | Cooked (Baked) Rehmannia Root Prepared Chinese Foxglove Root |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Sweet |
Slightly Warm |
Heart Kidney Liver |
9-30g Tincture: 2-4ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Nourishes the Blood |
Blood Deficiency with facial pallor, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, irregular menstruation, uterine bleeding and postpartum bleeding |
Nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin |
Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency with a weak low back and limbs, dizziness, tinnitus, tidal fevers, night sweats and nocturnal emissions |
Strongly enriches Yin and relieves wasting and thirsting disorder |
Lower Jiao wasting (it can be used as a stand-alone herb for this) |
Nourishes Jing and Blood and fills the Marrow |
Exhausted Jing and Blood problems such as delayed development during childhood, blunted affect, premature aging, diminished mental acuity, graying of hair, impotence and memory loss |
| Arrests coughing and wheezing | Kidney Deficient coughing, wheezing and asthma, such as inability of the Kidneys to grasp Qi |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
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Blood Deficiency marked by dizziness, palpitations, insomnia and menstrual dysfunction. |
Excessive uterine bleeding. |
Insomnia and palpitations. |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
Fr. Amomi |
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Blood Deficiency with Heat leading to irregular menstruation and infertility. |
Restless fetus due to Qi and Blood Deficiency. |
Blood loss with Spleen Deficiency. |
Lean pork or other lean meat |
Fr. Corni |
Fr. Corni |
Chronic constipation from Deficiency. |
Dizziness, weak and sore low back, impotence, spermatorrhea and night sweats, due to Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency. |
Enhances the previous combination's ability to treat Deficiency Heat. |
Plastrum Testudinis |
Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata |
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Dizziness, insomnia, tinnitus, forgetfulness, afternoon fevers and night sweats due Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising. |
Kidney Yang Deficiency. |
Lower Jiao Wasting and Thirsting with Yin Deficiency Heat. |
Rx. Panacis Quinquifolii |
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Ascendant Fire injuring fluids. |
Ascendant Fire due to exhaustion of Kidney Yin. |
Ascendant Fire due to Qi Deficiency. |
Rx. Polygoni Multiflori |
Fr. Corni
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Hb. Ephedrae |
Blood and Jing Deficiency. |
Nourishes Kidney Yin and secures Jing, while restraining urination and sweating. |
Yin furuncles caused by Cold-Damp Obstructing the Channels. Coughing and wheezing associated with Kidney Yin Deficiency. Coughing and wheezing with difficult inhalation due to Kidneys not grasping Qi. Warms and unblocks the channels and collaterals. Deficiency Cold at the Ying Stage. |
Rx. Ginseng |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
Rx. Ginseng |
Qi and Blood Deficiency. Qi and Yin Deficiency. |
Anemia. |
Anemia with fatigue and weakness. |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
Rx. Paeoniae Alba |
Charred Hb. Schizonepetae |
Irregular menstruation. |
Hypermenorrhea due to Blood Deficiency. |
Chronic uterine bleeding leading to Yin and Blood Deficiency. |
Rx. Ginseng |
Fr. Corni |
Cx. Phellodendri |
Restless fetus or habitual miscarriage. |
Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency. |
Yin Deficiency Fire. |
Plastrum Testudinis |
Fr. Lycii |
Fr. Corni |
Weakness and soreness of the knees due to Kidney Yin Deficiency Fire. |
Kidney Yin and Yang Deficiency. |
Xiao Ke with predominant polyuria. |
Rx. Ginseng |
Gypsum Fibrosum |
Rx. Polygoni Multiflori |
Xiao Ke with Qi Deficiency. |
Xiao Ke With Yin Deficiency Fire. |
Developmental delay in children and premature aging. |
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum |
Fr. Schisandrae |
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Coughing and wheezing and sputum due to Kidney Deficiency. |
Coughing, shortness of breath and accelerated respiration. |
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- It adds to marrow - improves marrow and brain.
- It is good for muscles.
- It is good for Blood and internal organs.
- It helps Jin Ye.
- It helps Blood circulation.
- It is good for eyesight and hearing.
- It helps hair remain black.
- It is good for most ailments in the man's body.
- It is good for menstrual disorders in the woman’s body.
- This is a very cloying and rich substance which easily leads to Dampness Stagnation and impedes digestion.
- It warms the Gallbladder and augments Heart Blood.
- This herb should be used whenever there is internal injury or insufficiency, excessive mental or emotional activity that exhausts the Spirit, continual worry that injures the Blood and unleashed desire that consumes the Jing; or in order to adjust menstruation, pregnancy and postpartum period.
- This herb treats metabolic toxicosis with fatigue, malaise, headaches, muscle aches and chronic skin rashes.
- This herb treats blood sugar imbalances.
- Both Shu Di Huang and Rx. Polygoni Multiflori He Shou Wu nourish Blood, enrich Yin and tonify the Kidneys and Liver. He Shou Wu primarily enters the Liver to adjust and tonify the Blood while secondarily enriching Kidney Yin and astringing Jing. Shu Di Huang enters the Kidneys to augment Jing and marrow and strongly tonify true Yin, while secondarily nourishing Blood and tonifying the Liver. Sheng Di Huang cools the Blood while Sheng He Shou Wu treats malarial disorders resolves toxicity and moistens the Intestines.
- Both Shu Di Huang and Colla Corii Asini E Jiao enter the Liver and Kidney channels, nourish Blood, enrich Kidney Yin and treat Blood Deficiency and gynecological disorders such as irregular menstruation or pregnancy or postpartum disorders. Shu Di Huang generates Jing and augments marrow, while E Jiao enriches Lung Yin and stops bleeding. Both substances are greasy and can interfere with digestion.
- Dry-fried Cooked Rehmannia Chao Shu Di Huang has it greasiness reduced and is used for those with weak digestion.
- Charred Cooked Rehmanniae Shu Di Huang Tan nourishes Blood with an enhanced ability to stop bleeding.
- Ginger-prepared Cooked Rehmannia Jiang Zhi Shu Di Huang no longer has a cloying effect on the diaphragm and is most appropriate for those with Phlegm-Dampness in the area of the diaphragm.
- Cooked Rehmannia with Amomum Fruit Sha Ren Ban Shu Di is less greasy and doesn't interfere with digestion.