Rehmannia, Sheng Di Huang 生地黄
Chinese FoxgloveSheng Di Huang (TCM)
Rehmannia glutinosaEdwards’s Botanical Register (1837)
Rehmannia glutinosa flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia)
Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSIONBotanical 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 where heat has penetrated to the Blood with High Fever, Thirst, red Tongue, Mouth Ulcers, irritability
-Heat-type Bleeding including Hemorrhagic Fevers, Coughing or Vomiting Blood, Uterine Bleeding etc.
-also used for Heart Fire, Insomnia, Irritability
-“good for treating all kinds of heart pain, no matter whether it is a chronic disease or newly contracted”. (Su Song)
2. Nourishes Yin, Generates Fluids:
-low-grade Fever, Night-sweats
-chronic Throat pain or inflammation
-signs of Yin-deficiency with Heat
-chronic Inflammation such as Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
-Wasting and Thirsting Disorder; Diabetes
-chronic Constipation associated with dryness
-it is regarded as nourishing Yin and Essence while clearing Heat.
Dose:
Decoction: 9–15 grams
Powder: 1–4 grams
Correctives:
… available in PRO version.
Substitutes:
… available in PRO version.
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