Rehmannia glutinosa – Di huang

Fresh Rehmannia root (attached: Rehmannia root)
[Medicinal use] This product is the fresh root of Rehmannia root of the Scrophulariaceae family.
[Nature and flavor and meridians] Sweet, bitter, cold. Enters the heart, liver, and kidney meridians.
[Effects] Clears heat, cools blood, and promotes body fluid.
[Clinical application] It is used for heat pathogens entering the blood, red tongue and thirst, or macules on the body, or yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, swelling of the throat, and vomiting blood and epistaxis caused by blood heat.
Fresh Rehmannia root can purge fire and cool blood, with clear qi and moist quality. It can clear the evil heat of the blood and has the effect of promoting body fluid. When the heat of the blood is cleared, the phenomenon of damaging the body fluid can be resolved; when the heat of the blood is cooled, the blood will not flow indiscriminately, vomiting and epistaxis can be stopped, and macules can be eliminated. Therefore, it is suitable for the symptoms of heat entering the blood of febrile diseases, and can be used together with Cortex Moutan, Paeonia lactiflora, Scrophularia ningpoensis, etc.
[Prescription name] Fresh Rehmannia root (fresh, clean and use)
[General dosage and usage] 5 qian to 2 liang, decocted and taken.
[Additional medicine] Rehmannia root: This product is the root of Rehmannia root. It is dried and used as medicine, so it is also called dry Rehmannia root. It is sweet and cold in nature. It enters the heart, liver, kidney and small intestine meridians. It nourishes yin and cools blood. It is suitable for fever with macules, fever and red tongue, or fever with yin damage, persistent low fever, red tongue, dry mouth, dry lips, and blood heat. The general dosage is 3 qian to 1 liang, decocted and taken.
[Comment] Fresh Rehmannia root is sweet, cold and juicy, slightly bitter, cool but not stagnant, moist but not greasy, and its main functions are to clear heat and promote body fluid, cool blood and stop bleeding, and can stop bleeding without leaving stasis. Combined with Scrophularia, it nourishes yin and reduces fire, and is used to treat pharyngeal swelling; combined with Cortex Moutan and Radix Paeoniae Rubra, it clears heat and cools blood, and is used for heat entering the blood; combined with Imperatae Rhizoma and Platycladus orientalis leaves, it cools blood and stops bleeding, and is used for blood heat; combined with fresh Dendrobium and Radix Ophiopogonis, it clears heat and produces body fluid, and is used for heat diseases that damage body fluid.
[Example of prescription] Rehmannia Decoction “Zhengzhi Zhunsheng”: Raw Rehmannia Juice, Raw Asparagus Juice, Baisha Misu. Treats children with high fever, restlessness, and restlessness.
Qingying Decoction “Wenbing Tiaobian”: Raw Rehmannia, Rhinoceros Horn, Scrophularia, Bamboo Leaf Heart, Lonicera Japonica, Forsythia, Coptis Root, Salvia Miltiorrhiza, Ophiopogon. Treats heat entering the blood, high fever and coma.

Where is the main part of Rehmannia used as medicine?
Medicinal part of Rehmannia:
This product is the dried root of Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch., a plant of the Scrophulariaceae family. Characteristics of the medicinal part of Rehmannia:
Raw Rehmannia is mostly irregular lumps or oblong, swollen in the middle and slightly thin at both ends. Some are small, long strips, slightly flat and twisted, 6~12cm long, 2~6cm in diameter.
The surface is brown-black or brown-gray, very wrinkled, with irregular horizontal lines. Heavy, soft and tough, not easy to break, the cross section is yellow to black or black, shiny, and sticky. Slight smell, slightly sweet taste.
How are Rehmannia root recorded in ancient books? “Ben Jing”: “It cures fractures and broken tendons, injuries, blood stasis, bone marrow, muscle growth, soup to remove cold and heat accumulation, and numbness. Raw Rehmannia root is especially good. “Ming Yi Bie Lu”: “It cures five kinds of labor and seven kinds of injuries in men, injuries in women, bleeding from the placenta, bad blood, hematuria, benefits the large and small intestines, removes food in the stomach, replenishes the deficiency of internal injuries in the five internal organs, dredges the blood vessels, strengthens the qi and strength, and benefits the eyes and ears.
Effecten
Rehmannia root has the functions of clearing heat and cooling blood, nourishing yin and producing body fluid.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of Rehmannia root?
Rehmannia root is used for heat entering the blood, fever caused by warm poison, vomiting blood and epistaxis, yin damaged by fever, red tongue and thirst, body fluid damage and constipation, fever caused by yin deficiency, bone steaming and fatigue, and internal heat and thirst.
Heat enters the blood and warm poison causes spots
·This product is sweet and cold, enters the blood and is good at clearing heat and cooling blood, so it is often used to treat febrile diseases with heat entering the blood and warm poison causing spots. For febrile diseases with heat entering the blood and warm poison causing spots, it is often used with Scrophularia, Forsythia, Coptis and other medicines. If heat enters the blood, the body is hot and spots appear, and even if there is coma and delirium, it is often used with buffalo horn, red peony root, peony bark and other medicines; if the blood heat and toxicity are severe, spots and rashes appear, and the color is dark purple, it is often used with Isatis indigotica, buffalo horn and other medicines. .
Blood heat bleeding
·This product is good at clearing the heat of the blood and has the effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding.
Treat vomiting blood and epistaxis due to blood heat, often used with Platycladus orientalis leaves, lotus leaves, and Artemisia argyi leaves;
Treat blood heat in stool and hematuria, often used with Radix Sanguisorbae, Sophora japonica, and Thistle;
Treat blood heat in uterine bleeding or postpartum hemorrhage, can be used with Rubia cordifolia and ramie root.

Fever damages yin, red tongue and thirst, internal heat and thirst
·This product is sweet, cold and moist, and has the function of clearing heat and nourishing yin and body fluid. It treats fever damages yin, thirst and polydipsia, and red tongue. It is often used with Radix Ophiopogonis, Radix Adenophorae, and Radix Polygonati Odorati.
Treat thirst due to yin deficiency and internal heat, and can be used with Chinese yam, Radix Astragali, and Radix Puerariae.
Effecten
Rehmannia has the function of clearing heat and cooling blood, nourishing yin and producing body fluid.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of Rehmannia?
Rehmannia is used for heat entering the blood, warm toxic spots, vomiting blood and epistaxis, fever damages yin, red tongue and thirst, body fluid damage and constipation, yin deficiency fever, bone steaming and fatigue, and internal heat and thirst.
Heat enters the blood and warm poison causes spots
·This product is sweet and cold, enters the blood and is good at clearing heat and cooling blood, so it is often used to treat febrile diseases with heat entering the blood and warm poison causing spots. For febrile diseases with heat entering the blood and warm poison causing spots, it is often used with Scrophularia, Forsythia, Coptis and other medicines. If heat enters the blood, the body is hot and spots appear, and even if there is coma and delirium, it is often used with buffalo horn, red peony root, peony bark and other medicines; if the blood heat and toxicity are severe, spots and rashes appear, and the color is dark purple, it is often used with Isatis indigotica, buffalo horn and other medicines. .
Blood heat bleeding
·This product is good at clearing the heat of the blood and has the effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding.
Treat vomiting blood and epistaxis due to blood heat, often used with Platycladus orientalis leaves, lotus leaves, and Artemisia argyi leaves;
Treat bloody stool and hematuria due to blood heat, often used with Radix Sanguisorbae, Sophora japonica, and Thistle;
Treat bloody metrorrhagia or postpartum hemorrhage due to blood heat, and can be used with Rubia cordifolia and ramie roots.
Fever damages yin, red tongue and thirst, internal heat and thirst
·This product is sweet, cold and moist, and has the function of clearing heat and nourishing yin and fluid. It treats fever damages yin, thirst and excessive drinking, and red tongue. It is often used with Radix Ophiopogonis, Radix Adenophorae, and Radix Polygonati Odorati.
Treat thirst due to yin deficiency and internal heat, and can be used with Chinese yam, Radix Astragali, and Radix Puerariae.
What other effects does Rehmannia have?
In my country’s traditional food culture, some Chinese medicinal materials are often widely consumed as food ingredients among the people, that is, substances that are both food and Chinese medicinal materials according to tradition (i.e., edible and medicinal substances). According to the documents issued by the National Health Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation, Rehmannia can be used as both medicine and food within a limited range of use and dosage.
Commonly used medicinal recipes for Rehmannia are as follows
Dry throat, dysphagia, nausea and vomiting
10g of Ophiopogon japonicus, 15g of Rehmannia glutinosa, 200g of lotus root.
Wash and chop Ophiopogon japonicus, Rehmannia glutinosa, and lotus root separately, add appropriate amount of water to the pot, boil for 40 minutes, remove the residue and take the juice. Take it in divided doses. Irregular menstruation, functional uterine bleeding, postpartum blood fainting, lochia, bloody abdominal pain, vomiting blood, epistaxis, coughing up blood, blood in the stool. Fresh motherwort juice 10g, fresh Rehmannia glutinosa juice 40g, fresh lotus root juice 40g, ginger juice 2g, honey 10g, polished rice 100g. First cook porridge with polished rice. When the rice is cooked, add the above medicinal juices and honey and cook into a thin porridge. Take it warm. Thirst, heart heat
Half a cup of raw lotus root juice, half a cup of Rehmannia glutinosa juice. The above two flavors are combined and taken warm, divided into 3 doses.
Hematemesis, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria, hematuria and all blood syndromes
5kg of leek, mash the juice, soak 25kg of raw Rehmannia root (chopped) in the leek juice, dry under the scorching sun, until the raw Rehmannia root is black and rotten, and the leek juice is dry; put it into a stone mortar, mash it several times and dry it. If it is rotten paste without residue, make it into pills, the size of marbles. Take 2 pills each morning and evening, and boil white radish in water.
Heat stranguria, less urine
Grape juice, lotus root juice, raw Rehmannia root juice, honey in equal parts, mix well, boil into a thin soup, and take it before meals.
Bone steaming and fatigue fever
1 turtle, remove intestines and internal organs, 25g of Rehmannia root bark, 15g of raw Rehmannia root, 15g of peony bark, make a soup, take several times, and take several doses in a row.
What are the compound preparations containing Rehmannia root?
Qingying Decoction
Clears the ying and detoxifies, penetrates heat and nourishes yin. Indications: Heat enters the ying division syndrome. Fever at night, restlessness and insomnia, delirium from time to time, open or closed in daily life, thirsty or not thirsty
The rash is faint.
Xiaofengsan
Dispels wind and dampness, clears heat and nourishes blood. Indications: rubella and eczema. Itchy skin, red rash, or cloud-like spots all over the body, oozing fluid after scratching.
Yiweitang
Nourishes yin and nourishes the stomach. Indications: stomach yin damage syndrome. Burning pain in the stomach, no appetite, dry mouth, dry stool, or dry retching and hiccups
Zengyetang
Increases fluid and moisturizes dryness. Yangming febrile disease, fluid deficiency and constipation syndrome. Constipation, thirst.
Jinguoyin
Nourishes yin and produces fluid, clears heat and relieves sore throat. Used for redness and swelling of the throat, sore throat, dry mouth and throat caused by lung heat and yin damage; acute and chronic pharyngitis with the above symptoms. It can also be used for dry throat discomfort caused by radiotherapy.
Modern research progress on Rehmannia glutinosa
Chemical composition
It mainly contains cyclic terpene glycosides such as catalpol, dihydroxy catalpol, acetyl catalpol, rehmannia glutinosa, aucubin, milite glycoside, monomilite glycoside, didynoja glycoside, spondiacoside and phenylethanol glycosides such as verbascoside. In addition, it also contains β-sitosterol, various amino acids and sugars. The Chinese Pharmacopoeia stipulates that this product must contain no less than 0.20% catalpol (C15H22010) and no less than 0.020% verbascoside (C2gH36015).
Pharmacological action
Raw Rehmannia glutinosa decoction can inhibit the excitement of β-adrenergic receptors caused by large doses of thyroid hormone, enhance the function of M-choline receptor-cGMP system, increase the level of plasma CAMP content, and significantly antagonize the atrophy and functional decline of adrenal cortex caused by dexamethasone, and increase the level of plasma corticosterone.
Rehmannia glutinosa extract, alcohol extract and rehmannia glutinosa glycosides all have a certain hypoglycemic effect.
Rehmannia glycosides and oligosaccharides can enhance humoral and cellular immunity.
In addition, it also has the effects of anti-gastric ulcer, promoting hematopoiesis, hemostasis, lowering blood pressure, anti-osteoporosis, and protecting against cerebral ischemia, brain damage and neurasthenia.
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What are the effects and functions of Guifu Dihuang Pills?
Guifu Dihuang Pills are composed of cinnamon, aconite (processed), cooked rehmannia, cornus (processed), peony bark, yam, poria, and oriental rhizome.
It has the effect of warming and tonifying kidney yang. It is used for kidney yang deficiency, waist and knee weakness and coldness, urination difficulties or excessive urination, phlegm and cough.
What are the effects and functions of Zhibai Dihuang Pills?
Zhibai Dihuang Pills are composed of Anemarrhena, Phellodendron, cooked rehmannia, cornus (processed), peony bark, yam, poria, and oriental rhizome.
It has the effect of nourishing yin and reducing fire. It is used for yin deficiency and fire, hot flashes and night sweats, dry mouth and pain, tinnitus and spermatorrhea, and short and red urine.
What are the effects and functions of Maiwei Dihuang Pills?
Maiwei Dihuang Pills are composed of Rehmannia glutinosa, Cornus officinalis (processed), Chinese yam, Poria cocos, Peony bark, Alisma orientalis, Ophiopogon japonicus, and Schisandra chinensis.
It has the effect of nourishing the kidney and lungs. It is used for lung and kidney yin deficiency, hot flashes, night sweats, dryness, dizziness, tinnitus, and soreness of the waist and knees.
What are the effects and functions of Liuwei Dihuang Pills?
Liuwei Dihuang Pills are composed of Rehmannia glutinosa, wine-soaked Cornus officinalis, Chinese yam, Peony bark, Poria cocos, and Alisma orientalis.
It has the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney. It is used for kidney yin deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, soreness of the waist and knees, bone steaming, hot flashes, night sweats, and spermatorrhea.
Hoe te gebruiken
Rehmannia glutinosa has the function of clearing heat and cooling blood, nourishing yin and promoting body fluid. Rehmannia glutinosa is generally used as Rehmannia slices and decocted. Please follow the doctor’s advice for specific medication.
How to use Rehmannia glutinosa correctly?
When Rehmannia glutinosa is decoctioned and taken orally, the usual dosage is 10~30g; fresh Rehmannia glutinosa can also be used to make juice
Rehmannia glutinosa can be processed by different methods to produce Chinese medicinal materials such as raw Rehmannia glutinosa, cooked Rehmannia glutinosa, raw Rehmannia glutinosa charcoal and cooked Rehmannia glutinosa charcoal. Fresh Rehmannia glutinosa is good at clearing heat and cooling blood; dried Rehmannia glutinosa is good at nourishing yin: fried charcoal is mostly used to stop bleeding. Different processing methods have different effects, but the medication method is the same. Please follow the doctor’s advice for specific medication.
Rehmannia glutinosa is generally used in decoctions, decoctions are taken, and powders or pills can also be made for consumption. However, the use of Chinese medicinal materials must be treated according to syndrome differentiation and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. It should not be used at will, and it should not be used at will, let alone listen to Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements at will.
In addition, Rehmannia glutinosa can also be used for daily health care. The common methods of consumption are as follows:
Boil water: 10g Ophiopogon japonicus, 15g raw Rehmannia glutinosa, 200g lotus root, wash and chop them separately and boil them in water. It is suitable for dryness, difficulty in swallowing, and nausea and vomiting. . Cook porridge: 10g of fresh motherwort juice, 40g of fresh Rehmannia juice, 40g of fresh lotus root juice, 2g of ginger juice, 10g of honey, and 100g of polished rice. It is suitable for irregular menstruation, functional uterine bleeding, postpartum blood fainting, lochia, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, as well as vomiting blood, epistaxis, hemoptysis, blood in the stool and other symptoms.
How to prepare Rehmannia?
Fresh Rehmannia
Take fresh herbs, wash the soil, remove impurities, cut thick slices or squeeze juice when used
Raw Rehmannia
Take dried Rehmannia herbs, remove impurities, soak with water, wash, moisten, cut thick slices, and dry. Remove debris.
Cooked Rehmannia
Take the washed Rehmannia, add rice wine and mix well, put in a jar or suitable container, seal, steam in water until the wine is absorbed, the black luster appears, and the taste turns sweet. Take it out and dry it until the mucus on the skin is slightly dry, and cut thick slices. Dry. Sieve to remove debris. For every 100kg of raw Rehmannia, use 30kg of rice wine. Take the washed raw Rehmannia, put it in a suitable container, steam it until it is black and moist, take it out, dry it in the sun until it is 80% dry, cut it into thick slices, and dry it. Sieve out the debris.
Raw Rehmannia charcoal
Take the raw Rehmannia slices, put them in a frying container, heat them with high heat, fry them until they are burnt black, foam, and swell, spray them with clean water to extinguish the sparks, take them out, and let them cool. Or use the calcination method to calcine them into charcoal.
Cooked Rehmannia charcoal
Take the cooked Rehmannia slices, put them in a frying container, heat them with high heat, fry them until the surface is burnt black, spray them with clean water to extinguish the sparks, take them out, and let them cool. Or use the calcination method to calcine them into charcoal.
What drugs should be used with Rehmannia at the same time with special attention?
The combined use of traditional Chinese medicine and the combined use of Chinese and Western medicines requires syndrome differentiation and treatment, and clinical individualized treatment.
Als u andere medicijnen gebruikt, raadpleeg dan een arts voordat u deze medicijnen inneemt. Informeer uw arts over alle vastgestelde ziekten en de behandelplannen die u ondergaat.
Gebruiksaanwijzing
Rehmannia is cold, slippery and stagnant, so it is not suitable for people with spleen deficiency, poor appetite, loose stools and dampness and stagnation.
What precautions should be taken when using Rehmannia?
It is not suitable for people with spleen deficiency, dampness and stagnation, abdominal distension and loose stools.
During medication, be careful not to eat cold, raw and cold foods, spicy and greasy foods.
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Pregnant and lactating women: If you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or are lactating, please inform your doctor in time and ask whether Chinese medicine can be used for treatment.
·Kinderen: Medicatie voor kinderen moet worden toegediend onder toezicht van een arts en een volwassene.
·Please properly store the medicinal materials and do not give the medicinal materials you use to others.
How to identify and use Rehmannia?
Fresh Rehmannia
Sweet, bitter, cold in nature; enters the heart, liver and kidney meridians.
·It has the functions of clearing heat, promoting fluid production, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is used for symptoms such as fever, red tongue, thirst, spots and rashes, vomiting blood, and sore throat.

Shengdihuang (dried rehmannia)
·Sweet in nature and cold in flavor; enters the heart, liver and kidney meridians.
It has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production. It is used for fever, red tongue, thirst, internal heat due to yin deficiency, bone steaming, fatigue, internal heat and thirst, vomiting blood, and blood spots and rashes.

Cooked rehmannia

Sweet in nature and slightly warm in flavor; enters the liver and kidney meridians.
It has the functions of nourishing yin and blood, replenishing essence and filling marrow. It is used for liver and kidney yin deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, bone steaming and hot flashes, night sweats and spermatorrhea, internal heat and thirst, blood deficiency and sallow complexion, palpitations, irregular menstruation, and metrorrhagia. Dizziness, tinnitus, and premature graying of hair.

Fresh rehmannia contains more fluid, mainly clearing heat, promoting fluid production, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. After being processed and dried, it is called dry Rehmannia or raw Rehmannia, which is cold in nature and mainly clears heat and cools blood, nourishes yin and produces body fluid. After being steamed, cooked Rehmannia is thick and strong in taste. Its nature changes from cold to warm, its taste changes from bitter to sweet, and its function changes from clearing to replenishing, mainly nourishing yin and blood, and replenishing essence and filling marrow.
Steamed cooked Rehmannia nourishes and hinders the spleen. After adding wine to steam, it becomes warm in nature and mainly replenishes yin and blood, and can disperse with the power of wine, play a role in promoting the potency of medicine, unblocking blood vessels, and more conducive to replenishing blood, and making it replenishing without being greasy. After the raw Rehmannia is fried or calcined into charcoal, it mainly enters the blood, mainly cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and is used for various bleeding syndromes such as hemoptysis, epistaxis, blood in stool, hematuria, and metrorrhagia caused by blood heat. After the cooked Rehmannia is fried or calcined into charcoal, it mainly replenishes blood and stops bleeding, and is used for metrorrhagia or asthenic bleeding.

Rehmannia glutinosa is a tonic medicine, which is a processed product of raw rehmannia.
Rehmannia glutinosa is sweet and slightly warm in nature. It enters the liver and kidney meridians.
Its chemical composition is similar to that of raw rehmannia, mainly containing styrene glycosides: verbascoside, etc.; it also contains monosaccharides, amino acids, vitamin A substances, etc. It has the effects of nourishing blood and yin, replenishing essence and filling marrow.
Where is Rehmannia glutinosa mainly produced?
Liaoning, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hubei and other places.
Where is the main part of Rehmannia glutinosa used as medicine?
This product is a processed product of raw rehmannia.
The characteristics of the medicinal part of Rehmannia glutinosa:
This product is irregular pieces and fragments, with different sizes and thicknesses. The surface is black, shiny and sticky.
It is soft and tough, not easy to break, and the cross section is black and shiny. It has a slight smell and tastes sweet.
How are Rehmannia glutinosa recorded in ancient books?
“Supplement to Materia Medica”: “Warming and nourishing.”
“Zhenzhu Nang”: “Greatly nourishes blood deficiency, unclogs blood vessels, and strengthens Qi and strength.”
“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “Fills bone marrow, grows muscles, and produces blood. Replenishes the deficiency of internal injuries of the five internal organs, unclogs blood vessels, benefits ears and eyes, and blackens hair.
“Pharmaceuticals”: “Specially enters the liver to nourish blood. Because the liver is bitter and urgent, use sweet to relieve it, and it also warms the gallbladder, can benefit the heart blood, and even replenishes kidney water.
“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “Nourishes kidney water, fills bone marrow, benefits blood vessels, replenishes true yin, improves hearing and eyesight, and makes hair and beard black.
Effecten
Rehmannia glutinosa has the effects of nourishing blood and yin, replenishing essence and filling marrow.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of Rehmannia glutinosa?
Rehmannia glutinosa is used for blood deficiency and sallow complexion, palpitations, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, liver and kidney yin deficiency, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, bone steaming and hot flashes, night sweats and spermatorrhea, internal heat and thirst, dizziness, tinnitus, and premature graying of hair.
Treatment of blood deficiency
Sallow complexion due to blood deficiency, dizziness and palpitations, irregular menstruation or amenorrhea, etc., are often used together with Angelica sinensis.
Liver and kidney yin deficiency
Treats soreness and weakness of waist and knees, dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus and deafness, bone steaming and hot flashes, night sweats and spermatorrhea, internal heat and thirst, etc. due to liver and kidney yin deficiency, and is often used together with Chinese yam, Cornus officinalis, and Peony bark.
Treats liver and kidney deficiency, essence and blood deficiency Deficiency can cause premature graying of hair and beard, and it is often used together with processed Polygonum multiflorum. .
What other effects does Rehmannia glutinosa have?
According to the documents issued by the National Health Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation, Rehmannia glutinosa can be used as both medicine and food within a limited range of use and dosage.
The commonly used medicinal diet recipes for Rehmannia glutinosa are as follows:
Panic insomnia, dizziness, scanty and light menstruation caused by blood deficiency, and spermatorrhea, night sweats, hair loss, and sore waist and knees caused by kidney yin deficiency
·15g Rehmannia glutinosa, 50g polished rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Slice Rehmannia glutinosa, wrap it with gauze, simmer until the juice turns brown, add polished rice and cook it, remove Rehmannia glutinosa and add rock sugar to melt it.
Deficiency of both qi and blood, sallow complexion, loss of appetite, and weakness in the limbs
·5g each of Codonopsis pilosula, Poria cocos, stir-fried Atractylodes macrocephala, roasted licorice, Rehmannia glutinosa, and white peony root, 3g of Angelica sinensis, 6g of Astragalus, 750g of pork and pork bones, 1 hen. ·Wash and slice the pork. Wash and crush the pork bones. Wrap 8 Chinese medicinal pieces including Codonopsis pilosula with gauze, put the chicken, pork, pork bones and medicine bag into the pot with appropriate amount of water, boil until the chicken is boneless and cooked, and remove the medicine bag. Add appropriate amount of ginger, onion, cooking wine, and salt seasonings, let it cool. Eat in batches, eat the meat and drink the soup.
Hair loss, forgetfulness, and infertility caused by liver and kidney deficiency
· 60g each of Rehmannia glutinosa and Lycium barbarum, 6g of Agarwood, 1L of white wine
· Soak the above medicines in wine, cover and take after 10 days.
Note: The use of Chinese medicinal materials must be based on syndrome differentiation and treatment, and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. Do not use them at will, and do not listen to Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements at will.
What are the compound preparations containing Rehmannia glutinosa?
Siwu Decoction
Blood tonic Regulate blood. Indications: deficiency and stagnation of blood. Dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, dull complexion, irregular menstruation, scanty or amenorrhea in women, pain in the umbilicus or abdomen, or even fatigue, lumps and hard masses, pale tongue, pale lips and nails, thin and stringy or fine and astringent pulse.
Bazhen Decoction replenishes qi and blood. Indications: deficiency of both qi and blood. Pale or sallow complexion, dizziness, fatigue in limbs, shortness of breath and laziness to speak, palpitations, decreased appetite, pale tongue with thin white fur, thin and weak pulse or weak and large pulse.
Liuwei Dihuang Pills
Nourish yin and tonify the kidney. Used for kidney yin deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, sore waist and knees, bone steaming, hot flashes, sweating and spermatorrhea, thirst,
Zhibai Dihuang Pills
Nourish yin and reduce fire. Used for yin deficiency and excessive fire, hot flashes and night sweats, dry mouth and pain, tinnitus and spermatorrhea, short and red urine
Mingmu Dihuang Pills
Nourish the kidney, nourish the liver, and improve eyesight. Used for liver and kidney yin deficiency, dry eyes and fear of light, blurred vision, and tears in the wind.
Dabuyin Pills
Nourishes yin and reduces fire. Used for yin deficiency and fire, night sweats, cough and hemoptysis, tinnitus and spermatorrhea.
Yougui Pills
Warms and replenishes kidney yang, replenishes essence and stops nocturnal emission. Used for kidney yang deficiency, life gate fire decline, waist and knee soreness, lack of energy, fear of cold, impotence and spermatorrhea, loose stools, frequent and clear urine.
Modern research progress on Rehmannia glutinosa
This product has multiple pharmacological effects such as promoting hematopoiesis, enhancing memory, enhancing immunity, and lowering blood sugar.
Gebruik
Rehmannia glutinosa has the effects of nourishing blood and yin, replenishing essence and filling marrow. Rehmannia glutinosa is generally used as Rehmannia glutinosa slices for internal use. Please follow the doctor’s advice for specific medication.
How to use Rehmannia glutinosa correctly?
When Rehmannia glutinosa is decoctioned for internal use, the usual dosage is 10~30g.
Rehmannia glutinosa is generally used in decoctions, decoctions are taken, and can also be made into powders or pills for oral use. However, the use of Chinese herbal medicines must be treated according to the syndrome differentiation and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. It should not be used at will, and it is even more forbidden to listen to Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements at will.
In addition, cooked rehmannia can also be used for daily health care. The common methods of consumption are as follows:
Soup (cooked rehmannia and beef bone soup): 60g cooked rehmannia, 30g dried scallops, and 500g beef bones. It has the effects of nourishing yin and kidney, nourishing blood and strengthening tendons. It is suitable for people with long-term kidney disease, deficiency of essence and blood, and symptoms of sallow complexion, lack of energy, fatigue of limbs, and weakness of waist and knees.
Soaking wine: cooked rehmannia can be used with Chinese medicines such as wolfberry and angelica to soak in wine, which has the effect of nourishing blood and calming the nerves; it can also be used with Chinese medicines such as Eucommia to soak in wine, which has the effect of nourishing kidney and activating blood circulation.
How to prepare cooked rehmannia?
Place an appropriate amount of cooked rehmannia in a pot and steam it in water. When the yellow color of cooked rehmannia turns black, take it out, and then dry it and slice it.
Wine steaming
Take out the washed raw Rehmannia root and add it to rice wine and stir evenly. Add water to the container and steam it until the rice wine is absorbed and the color of the Rehmannia root turns to moist black. Then take it out, cut it into thick slices and dry it. The general ratio of rice wine processing is 10:3.
Amomum villosum processing
Take out the washed raw Rehmannia root and add Amomum villosum and rice wine and stir evenly. Cook it for 48 hours. When the cooked Rehmannia root turns black, you can take it out and slice it. . The general ratio is 10:3:1 (for every 100 kg of raw and cooked Rehmannia root, mix 30 kg of rice wine and 1 kg of Amomum villosum powder)
High-pressure evaporation
Use high-pressure method to process cooked Rehmannia root. The high pressure in the pot is maintained at 3~5 pounds. Put the raw and cooked Rehmannia root into the pot and steam it for about two hours. Don’t rush to take it out after high-pressure steaming. After that, stew the cooked Rehmannia root in the pot for 12 hours, then take it out and slice it.
What drugs should be used with Rehmannia glutinosa?
The combined use of Chinese and Western medicines requires syndrome differentiation and individualized clinical treatment.
If you are using other drugs, please consult a doctor before taking the medicine, and inform the doctor of all your diagnosed diseases and the treatment plan you are receiving.
Gebruiksaanwijzing
Rehmannia glutinosa is sticky and hinders digestion. It should not be taken by those with qi stagnation, phlegm, dampness, fullness in the middle, poor appetite and loose stools.
What are the precautions when using Rehmannia glutinosa?
Rehmannia glutinosa is warm in nature, so it is not suitable for those with real heat syndrome such as external warm heat and internal heat.
· Those with qi stagnation, phlegm, dampness, fullness in the middle, poor appetite and loose stools should not take it. If it is used for a long time, it should be used with tangerine peel, amomum villosum, etc. to avoid nourishing the stomach.
·Avoid using copper or iron utensils to decoct medicine.
·During the medication, it is necessary to avoid eating cold, raw and cold food, spicy and greasy food.
·Children: Children should take medicine under the guidance of a doctor and adult supervision.
·Please keep the herbs properly and do not give them to others.
How to identify and use Rehmannia glutinosa?
Fresh Rehmannia glutinosa, Raw Rehmannia glutinosa and Rehmannia glutinosa
All three herbs can nourish yin and produce fluid, and treat various symptoms of yin deficiency and fluid deficiency.
Fresh Rehmannia glutinosa is sweet, bitter and very cold. Although its ability to nourish yin is weak, it has less greasy properties. It is good at clearing heat and cooling blood, producing fluid and quenching thirst. It is often used to treat blood heat and yin deficiency, which are caused by strong heat evil.
Raw Rehmannia glutinosa is sweet, cold and moist. Its ability to clear heat and cool blood is slightly inferior to that of fresh Rehmannia glutinosa, but its ability to nourish yin and produce fluid is stronger than that of fresh Rehmannia glutinosa. It has less greasy properties and is good at treating various symptoms such as heat entering the blood, heat disease damaging yin, and yin deficiency and fever. Its yin nourishing power is not as good as Rehmannia glutinosa. Rehmannia glutinosa is sweet and slightly warm, has a strong greasy property, enters the liver and kidneys, and specializes in nourishing blood and yin, replenishing essence and benefiting marrow. It is good at treating blood deficiency and liver and kidney deficiency.